Effect of supplementation with concentrate on age at slaughter and carcass traits from Nellore cattle;Efeito da suplementação com concentrado sobre idade de abate e características de carcaça de bovinos Nelore

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1096-1102

  Euclides Filho, Kepler ^a,b   Batista Euclides, Valéria Pacheco ^a,b   Ramos De Figueiredo, Geraldo ^a   Paschoal De Oliveira, Marcelo ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b Bolsista do CNPq ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carcass; Grazing; Supplementation; Zebu

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 2942664181     PISSN: 01004859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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