Blood cell profiles of steer progeny from parents selected for and against residual feed intake

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 901-908

  Richardson, Emma C ^a   Herd, R M ^b   Colditz, I G ^c   Archer, J A ^a   Arthur, P F ^a  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood parameters; Cattle; Feed efficiency; Stress; Transport

Indexed keywords

BLOOD;

EID: 0036452738     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA01098     Document Type: Article

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