Growth performance and behaviour of finishing beef cattle illegally treated with growth promoters

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 403-405

  Brscic, Marta ^a   Miotello, S ^a   Mazzenga, A ^a   Cozzi, G ^a   Gottardo, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Feeding behaviour; Growth promoters; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 34250826590     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2007.1s.403     Document Type: Conference Paper

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