Effects of size and rate of maturing on carcass composition of pasture- or feedlot- developed steers

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 661-671

  Brown Jr , A H ^a   Camfield, P K ^a,b   Baublits, R T ^a   Pohlman, F W ^a   Johnson, Z B ^a   Brown, C J ^a   Tabler Jr , G T ^a   Sandelin, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Oklahoma Panhandle State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Carcass Composition; Growth Types; Production System

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33745510474     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2006.661     Document Type: Article

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