Performance of lot-fed Bos indicus steers exposed to aspects of a feedlot environment before lot-feeding

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1181-1191

  Petherick, J C ^a,b   Holroyd, R G ^a,b   Swain, A J ^a,b  

^a CQMC   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; LIVESTOCK; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0348252194     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA02118     Document Type: Article

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