Supplemental vitamin D3 concentration and biological type of beef steers. I. Feedlot performance and carcass traits

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2050-2058

  Montgomery, J L ^a,d   Galyean, M L ^a   Horst, R L ^b   Morrow Jr , K J ^c,e   Blanton Jr , J R ^a   Wester, D B ^a   Miller, M F ^a,f  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d MERCK ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e Meridian Bioscience Inc   (United States)

^f Box 42162 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Calcium; Fattening Performance; Phosphorus; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS;

CALCIUM; CALPAIN; COLECALCIFEROL; PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; CADAVER; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GOVERNMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; PH; PIGMENTATION; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD; TIME; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREEDING; CALCIUM; CALPAIN; CATTLE; CHOLECALCIFEROL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENERGY INTAKE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MEAT; PHOSPHORUS; PIGMENTATION; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 3142645655     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2004.8272050x     Document Type: Article

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