Consequences of prenatal and preweaning growth for yield of beef primal cuts from 30-month-old Piedmontese- and Wagyu-sired cattle

Animal Production Science

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 468-478

  Greenwood, P L ^a,b   Cafe, L M ^a,b,c   Hearnshaw, H ^a,c,e   Hennessy, D W ^a,c,e   Morris, S G ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c Agricultural Research and Advisory Station   (Australia)

^d Wollongbar Agricultural Institute   (Australia)

^e NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calf; Fetal programming; Newborn

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD MARKET; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; WEANING;

BOS;

EID: 66149168917     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA08160     Document Type: Article

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