Effect of type of housing on veal calf growth performance, behaviour and meat quality

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-145

  Andrighetto, I ^a   Gottardo, F ^a   Andreoli, D ^a   Cozzi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Housing system; Meat quality; Veal calves; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033028568     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(98)00170-5     Document Type: Article

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