Assessing the nutritional status of beef cattle: Current practices and future prospects

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 2727-2734

  Ndlovu, T ^a   Chimonyo, M ^a   Okoh, A I ^a   Muchenje, V ^a   Dzama, K ^b   Raats, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blood metabolites; Body condition scoring; Cattle; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; FATTY ACID; GLOBULIN; LIVER ENZYME; MINERAL; PROTEIN; UREA;

ANIMAL FOOD; BEEF CATTLE; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 37549000980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb2007.000-2436     Document Type: Review

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