Reproductive Performance, Calf Growth, and Milk Production of First-Calf Heifers Sired by Seven Breeds and Raised on Different Levels of Nutrition

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1513-1522

  Freetly, H C ^a   Cundiff, L V ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Heifers; Milk Production; Nutrition; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREEDING; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; CROSS BREEDING; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; CROSSES, GENETIC; ENERGY INTAKE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LACTATION; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032086774     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.7661513x     Document Type: Article

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