Production systems comparing early weaning to normal weaning with or without creep feeding for beef steers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 300-310

  Myers, S E ^a   Faulkner, D B ^a,b   Ireland, F A ^a   Berger, L L ^a   Parrett, D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Animal Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Meat quality; Systems; Weaning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY RATE; TIME; WEANING;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CATTLE; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY RATE; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

EID: 0033073237     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1999.772300x     Document Type: Article

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