Effect of supplementing grazing cattle calves with urea-molasses blocks, with and without Yucca schidigera extract, on performance and carcass traits

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1300-1306

  Mirza, I H ^a   Khan, A G ^a   Azim, A ^a   Mirza, M A ^a  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Carcass; Grazing; Growth; Urea molasses Blocks; Yucca Extract; Zebu Cattle

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; YUCCA; YUCCA SCHIDIGERA;

EID: 0036748278     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2002.1300     Document Type: Article

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