Effects of dietary level of ruminally protected choline on performance and carcass characteristics of finishing beef steers and on growth and serum metabolites in lambs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2893-2903

  Bryant, T C ^a   Rivera, J D ^a   Galyean, M L ^a,c   Duff, G C ^b   Hallford, D M ^b   Montgomery, T H ^a  

^a WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcasses; Choline; Growth; Insulin; Ruminants; Somatotropin

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLINE; HORMONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; DIET; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLINE; DIET; HORMONES; RUMEN; SHEEP; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0033227893     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1999.77112893x     Document Type: Article

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