Nine-year Summary of the Arkansas Steer Feedout Program: Factors Contributing to Value and Return

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 454-462

  Gadberry, M S ^a   Troxel, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Feedlot; Health; Return; Value

Indexed keywords

EID: 37049039412     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31146-3     Document Type: Article

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