Time of feeding and growth promotant effects on the winter growth performance and carcass traits of steers

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 133-144

  Small, J A ^a   Kennedy, A D ^b   Veira, D M ^c   McCaughey, W P ^a   Ward, D R ^a  

^a BRANDON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef steer; Carcass trait; Feeding strategy; Growth implant; Growth promotant

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 2942670912     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A03-048     Document Type: Article

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