Ascophyllum nodosum supplementation strategies that improve overall carcass merit of implanted english crossbred cattle

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1514-1518

  Anderson, M J ^a   Blanton Jr , J R ^a   Gleghorn, J ^b   Kim, S W ^a   Johnson, J W ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nutrition Services Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascophyllum nodosum; Finishing Cattle; Intramuscular Fat

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; BOS TAURUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33749852511     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2006.1514     Document Type: Article

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