Effect of vitamin a restriction on carcass characteristics and immune status of beef steers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1609-1616

  Gorocica Buenfil, M A ^a   Fluharty, F L ^a   Loerch, S C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Immunity; Marbling; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; FATTY ACID; OVALBUMIN; RETINOL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; LIVER; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OVALBUMIN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 47849095620     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2007-0241     Document Type: Article

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