Feeder Cattle Health Management: Effects on Morbidity Rates, Feedlot Performance, Carcass Characteristics, and Beef Palatability

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-44

  Roeber, D L ^a   Speer, N C ^a   Gentry, J G ^a,b   Tatum, J D ^a   Smith, C D ^a   Whittier, J C ^a   Jones, G F ^a   Belk, K E ^a   Smith, G C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Carcass composition; Health management; Morbidity; Palatability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646020899     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31566-7     Document Type: Article

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