Bovine respiratory disease in feedlot cattle: Phenotypic, environmental, and genetic correlations with growth, carcass, and longissimus muscle palatability traits

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1885-1892

  Snowder, G D ^a   Van Vleck, L D ^a   Cundiff, L V ^a   Bennett, G L ^a   Koohmaraie, M ^a   Dikeman, M E ^b  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Carcass trait; Health; Performance; Selection; Shipping fever

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEAT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BOVINE RESPIRATORY DISEASE COMPLEX; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEAT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHENOTYPE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 34547630891     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2007-0008     Document Type: Article

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