The effect of early weaning on feedlot performance and measures of stress in beef calves

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 933-939

  Arthington, J D ^a,c   Spears, J W ^b   Miller, D C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 3401 Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Calves; Stress; Weaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646060395     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2005.834933x     Document Type: Article

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