The influence of dietary energy and protein levels on performance, carcass and meat quality of Belgian White-blue double-muscled finishing bulls

Animal Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 319-327

  Fiems, L O ^a   De Campeneere, S ^a   Bogaerts, D F ^b   Cottyn, B G ^a   Boucque Ch V ^c  

^a Centrum voor Landbouwkundig Onderzoek Gent CLO / Centre de Recherches Agronomiques Gand   (Belgium)

^b AVEVE   (Belgium)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bulls; Double muscling; Energy intake; Meat quality; Protein intake

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032056102     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800009449     Document Type: Article

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