Effects of dietary crude protein and supplemental urea levels on nitrogen and phosphorus utilization by feedlot cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1174-1183

  Vasconcelos, J T ^a,b,c   Cole, N A ^c   McBride, K W ^a,b,d   Gueye, A ^a   Galyean, M L ^a   Richardson, C R ^a,e,g   Greene, L W ^b,f,h  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA ARS Conservation and Production Research Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^e ALLTECH INC   (United States)

^f Mount Ida College   (United States)

^g TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Crude protein; Feedlot; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Urea

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZATION; TIME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; CATTLE; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; MALE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS; UREA;

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EID: 62149149915     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1411     Document Type: Article

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