On-farm management decisions to improve beef quality of market dairy cows

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1558-1564

  Rogers, C A ^a,c   Fitzgerald, A C ^a,d   Carr, M A ^b   Covey, B R ^a   Thomas, J D ^a   Looper, M L ^a,e  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Colfax County Extension Office ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e DALE BUMPERS SMALL FARMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Additional feeding; Antibiotic; Carcass characteristic; Dairy cow

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 3142649660     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(04)73308-1     Document Type: Article

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