Impact of Morbidity in Finishing Beef Steers on Feedlot Average Daily Gain, Carcass Characteristics, and Carcass Value

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 174-178

  Waggoner, J W ^a   Mathis, C P ^a   Loest C A ^a   Sawyer, J E ^b   McCollum, F T ^b   Banta, J P ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcass value; Feedlot; Morbidity; Steers

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953748462     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)30958-X     Document Type: Article

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