Factors affecting animal performance during the grazing season in a mountain cattle production system

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1638-1651

  Casasus I ^a   Sanz, A ^a,b   Villalba, D ^a,b   Ferrer, R ^a,b   Revilla, R ^a,b  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal Performance; Beef Cows; Breeds; Calving Season; Mountain Pastures

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SPAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LACTATION; MALE; PARITY; POACEAE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SPAIN;

EID: 0036594172     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2002.8061638x     Document Type: Article

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