Growth, puberty, and carcass characteristics of Brahman-, Senepol-, and Tuli-sired F1 Angus bulls

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2006-2015

  Chase Jr , C C ^a,c   Chenoweth, P J ^b,d   Larsen, R E ^b   Hammond, A C ^a,e   Olson, T A ^b   West, R L ^b   Johnson, D D ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Kansas State Univ ^*  (United States)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulls; Carcass quality; Cattle breeds; Growth; Puberty; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROSIS; MALE; MEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STANDARD; TROPIC CLIMATE; UNITED STATES; WEANING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HYBRID VIGOR; MALE; MEAT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERM COUNT; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WEANING;

EID: 0035433948     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2001.7982006x     Document Type: Article

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