The Cow-Calf Operation Retained Ownership Decision

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-28

  White, B J ^a   Anderson, J D ^b   Larson, R L ^a   Olson, K C ^a   Thomson, D U ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cow calf; Retained ownership; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548317999     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/S1080-7446(15)30932-3     Document Type: Review

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