The effects of floor type systems on the performance, cleanliness, carcass composition and meat quality of housed finishing beef cattle

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-42

  Lowe, D E ^a   Steen, R W J ^a,b,c   Beattie, V E ^a,b,c   Moss, B W ^b,c  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Carcass composition; Cleanliness; Floor type; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035061748     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(00)00246-3     Document Type: Article

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