Evaluation of tropically adapted straightbred and crossbred beef cattle: Heifer age and size at first conception and characteristics of their first calves

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3173-3182

  Riley, D G ^a,d   Chase, C C ^a   Coleman, S W ^a   Olson, T A ^b   Randel, R D ^c  

^a USDA ARS SubTropical Agricultural Research Station   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Texas AgriLife Research   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at first conception; Brahman; Breed effect; Calving; Heterosis; Romosinuano

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROSIS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; HYBRID VIGOR; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

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EID: 77957241276     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-2573     Document Type: Article

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