The quality of meat and fatness of bulls offered ad libitum concentrates, indoors or at pasture

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 87, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 271-276

  Moloney, A P ^a,b   Fallon, R J ^a   Mooney, M T ^b   Troy, D J ^b  

^a GRANGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b ASHTOWN FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bulls; Concentrates; Indoors; Meat; Pasture

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 2442486637     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livprodsci.2003.07.009     Document Type: Article

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