Prenatal and pre-weaning growth and nutrition of cattle: Long-term consequences for beef production

Animal

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1283-1296

  Greenwood, P L ^a   Cafe, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Foetal programming; Meat quality; Muscle fibres; Neonates

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; BEEF CATTLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; CARCASS; CATTLE; CATTLE FARMING; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RETARDATION; LIVESTOCK; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 34948876350     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S175173110700050X     Document Type: Review

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