Effects of pre-weaning concentrate feeding on calf performance, carcass and meat quality of autumn-born bull calves weaned at 90 or 150 days of age

Animal

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 779-789

  Blanco, M ^a   Villalba, D ^b   Ripoll, G ^a   Sauerwein, H ^c   Casasus I ^a  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age at weaning; Beef cattle; Carcass quality; Performance; Pre weaning concentrate feeding

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 42149119504     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731108001808     Document Type: Article

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