The effects of grain treatment, grain feed level and grass silage feed value on the performance of and meat quality from, finishing beef cattle

Animal

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 149-159

  Keady, T W J ^a,b,c,d   Lively, F O ^a   Kilpatrick, D J ^b,c   Moss, B W ^b,c  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland ^*  (Ireland)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Crimped grain; Meat quality; Silage feed value; Urea treated grain

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; CITRUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 42649135211     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731107000948     Document Type: Article

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