Performance and meat quality of beef steers fed corn-based or bread by-product-based diets

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 784-790

  Guiroy, P J ^a   Fox, D G ^a   Beermann, D H ^a,b   Ketchen, D J ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Feeds; Meat Quality; Net Energy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BREAD; CATTLE; CONSUMER; ECONOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; MEAT; STANDARD; TASTE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BREAD; CATTLE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; MEAT; TASTE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034150999     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2000.783784x     Document Type: Article

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