Effect of udder type and calving assistance on weaning traits of beef and dairy X beef calves

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-56

  Goonewardene, L A ^a   Wang, Z ^a   Price, M A ^b   Yang, R C ^a   Berg, R T ^b   Makarechian, M ^b  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef composite; Calving assistance; Preweaning average daily gain; Udder type; Weaning weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038735519     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(02)00194-X     Document Type: Article

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