Factors Influencing the Performance of Feedlot Steers Limit-Fed High-Concentrate Diets11

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 167-175

  Gunter, S A ^a   Galyean, M L ^b,c   Malcolm Callis, K J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Dietary Roughage; Mangers; Space Requirements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041791793     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)32513-4     Document Type: Article

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