Effects of Fish Meal in Beef Cattle Diets on Growth Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Fatty Acid Composition of Longissimus Muscle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 910-919

  Mandell, I B ^a   Buchanan Smith, J G ^a   Holub, B J ^a   Campbell, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Eicosapentaenoic Acid; Essential Fatty Acids; Fish Meal; Longissimus Dorsi

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; MALE; MEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SEA FOOD; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; DIET; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FISH PRODUCTS; MALE; MEAT; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031114628     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.754910x     Document Type: Article

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