A note on feed digestibility, nitrogen retention and serum concentrations of melatonin in Friesian steers fed melatonin

Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 451-455

  Enright, W J ^a,c   Moloney, A P ^a   Zinn, S A ^b  

^a GRANGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c INTERVET INTERNATIONAL BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cattle; Digestibility; Melatonin; Nitrogen retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034550415     PISSN: 07916833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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