Nutritionally altering weight gain patterns of pregnant heifers and young cows changes the time that feed resources are offered without any differences in production

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 916-926

  Freetly, H C ^a,b   Ferrell, C L ^a   Jenkins, T G ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cows; Lactation; Nutrition; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646023696     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2005.834916x     Document Type: Article

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