Subsequent Productivity of Beef Heifers That Received Creep Feed for 0, 28, 56, or 84 d Before Weaning

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-43

  Buskirk, D D ^a   Faulkner, D B ^a   Ireland, F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Fertility; Heifers; Milk Production; Supplementary Feeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542588452     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)32480-3     Document Type: Article

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