Effect of Corn Processing in Finishing Diets Containing Wet Distillers Grains on Feedlot Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Finishing Steers1

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 439-444

  Vander Pol, K J ^a,c   Greenquist, M A ^a   Erickson, G E ^a   Klopfenstein, T J ^a   Robb, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Abengoa Bioenergy   (United States)

^c Koers Turgeon Consulting Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn processing; Feedlot cattle; Wet distillers grains plus solubles

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349669693     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)30886-X     Document Type: Article

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