The effect of feeding antibiotic growth promoters on the performance of beef cattle consuming forage-based diets: A review

Livestock Science

Volumn 114, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 135-149

  Bretschneider, G ^a,b   Elizalde, J C ^c   Perez F A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Growth promoter; Ionophore; Management; Meta analysis; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

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EID: 40849111427     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2007.12.017     Document Type: Review

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