Reproductive Performance of Beef Heifers Supplemented with Corn Gluten Feed and Rumen-Protected Fat before Breeding

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 316-324

  Long, N M ^a,e   Hill, G M ^a   Baker, J F ^b   Graves, W M ^a   Froetschel, M A ^a   Keisler, D H ^c   Mullinix, B G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b American Society of Animal Science   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Heifer; Leptin; Megalac; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951974857     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)30984-0     Document Type: Article

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