Effects of vitamin A supplementation on growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality in Limosin × Luxi crossbreed steers fed a wheat straw-based diet

Meat Science

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 450-458

  Wang, W J ^a,c   Wang, S P ^a,b,c   Gong, Y S ^d   Wang, J Q ^e   Tan, Z L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Department of Animal Science ^*  (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Meat quality; Performance; Steers; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 35648959710     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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