Incidence of puberty in beef heifers fed high- or low-starch diets for different periods before breeding

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2653-2662

  Ciccioli, N H ^a   Charles Edwards, S L ^a,b   Floyd, C ^a,c   Wettemann, R P ^a,b   Purvis, H T ^a   Lusby, K S ^a,d   Horn, G W ^a   Lalman, D L ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b First National Bank ^*  (United States)

^c First National Bank   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Diet Composition; Nutrition; Puberty; Starch

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33645960144     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2005.83112653x     Document Type: Article

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