Effects of pasture grazing or storage feeding and concentrate input between 5·5 and 11 months of age on the performance and carcass composition of bulls and on subsequent growth and carcass composition at 620 kg live weight

Animal Science

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 129-141

  Steen, R W J ^a   Kilpatrick, D J ^b  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bulls; Carcass composition; Grazing; Storage feeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031995937     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800008900     Document Type: Article

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