Administration of dexamethasone per os in finishing bulls. I. Effects on productive traits, meat quality and cattle behaviour as indicator of welfare

Animal

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1073-1079

  Gottardo, F ^a   Brscic, M ^a   Pozza, G ^b   Ossensi, C ^a   Contiero, B ^a   Marin, A ^b   Cozzi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Behaviour; Dexamethasone; Growth performance; Meat quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 44949219362     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731108002024     Document Type: Article

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