Body Measurements and Body Weights of Special-Fed Holstein Veal Calves

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3077-3082

  Wilson, L L ^a,b   Egan, C L ^a   Terosky, T L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 324 Henning Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Body measurements; Body weight prediction; Special fed calves; Veal growth rate

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031264195     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(97)76277-5     Document Type: Article

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