Animal performance and meat quality of crossbred young bulls

Livestock Science

Volumn 127, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 176-182

  Maggioni, Daniele ^a   Marques, Jair de Araújo ^b   Rotta, Polyana Pizzi ^a   Perotto, Daniel ^b   Ducatti, Taciana ^a   Visentainer, Jesuí Vergílio ^a   Prado, Ivanor Nunes do ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bos indicus; Bos taurus; Fatty acids; Nellore; Omega 3; Omega 6

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 73949102218     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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