The effects of bull exposure and lasalocid on the development of replacement beef heifers

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 615-624

  Small, J A ^a   Del Vecchio, R P ^a,b   McCaughey, W R ^a   Ward, D R ^a   Sutherland, W R ^a  

^a BRANDON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bull exposure; Conception; Estrus; Heifer development; Ionophore; Puberty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034346170     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A99-127     Document Type: Article

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