The northern Australian beef industry, a snapshot. 2. Breeding herd performance and management

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1075-1091

  Bortolussi, G ^a,b   McIvor, J G ^a   Hodgkinson, J J ^a   Coffey, S G ^a   Holmes, C R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NRM Programs and Operations Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; LIVESTOCK FARMING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 22144444418     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA03097     Document Type: Article

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