Effect of early weaning on the performance of three-year-old, first-calf beef heifers and calves reared in the subtropics

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1136-1141

  Arthington, J D ^a,b   Kalmbacher, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b 3401 Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Calves; Lolium perenne; Pregnancy; Weaning

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; PASPALUM; PASPALUM NOTATUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CATTLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZATION; SEASON; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE; UNITED STATES; WEANING;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CATTLE; FEMALE; FLORIDA; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WEANING;

EID: 0642315445     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2003.8151136x     Document Type: Article

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