Performance and nitrogen metabolism of calves fed conventionally or following an enhanced-growth feeding program during the preweaning period

Livestock Science

Volumn 105, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 109-119

  Terre M ^a   Devant, M ^a   Bach, A ^a,b  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Calves; Milk replacer; Purine derivatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750357739     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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