Effects of vitamin A on growth performance and carcass quality in steers

Livestock Science

Volumn 119, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 12-21

  Kruk, Z A ^a,e   Bottema, C D K ^a,e   Davis, J J ^b,e   Siebert, B D ^a,e   Harper, G S ^c,e   Di, J ^d,e   Pitchford, W S ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d Xinjiang Academy of Animal Science   (China)

^e Cooperative Research Centre for Cattle and Beef Quality ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Carcass quality; Marbling; Retinol; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 56249105449     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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