Feedlot Diet Roughage Level for Hereford Cattle Exposed to Excessive Heat Load

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-62

  Mader, T L ^a   Gaughan, J B ^b   Young, B A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body Temperature; Feedlot Cattle; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043142591     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31724-1     Document Type: Article

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