Effects of bovine somatotropin and ruminally undegraded protein on feed intake, live weight gain, and mohair production by yearling Angora wethers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1029-1036

  Davis, J J ^a   Sahlu, T ^a   Puchala, R ^a   Herselman, M J ^a   Hart, S P ^a   Escobar, E N ^a   Coleman, S W ^b   McCann, Joseph P ^c   Goetsch, A L ^a  

^a LANGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angora; Bovidae; Mohair; Protein; Somatotropin

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; BOVINAE;

AMINO ACID; CASEIN; FATTY ACID; GROWTH HORMONE; PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAIR; METABOLISM; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CASEINS; CATTLE; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; GROWTH HORMONE; HAIR; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; PROTEINS; RUMEN; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0033129167     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1999.7751029x     Document Type: Article

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