Using Dry Feed Intake as a Percentage of Initial Body Weight as a Weaning Criterion

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2542-2546

  Greenwood, R H ^a   Morrill, J L ^a   Titgemeyer, E C ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Calves; Intake; Weaning

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; EATING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; EATING; FEMALE; MALE; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031254536     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(97)76208-8     Document Type: Article

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