Season of testing and its effect on feed intake and efficiency in growing beef cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3789-3799

  Mujibi, F D N ^a   Moore, S S ^a   Nkrumah, D J ^b   Wang, Z ^a   Basarab, J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Feed efficiency; Residual feed intake; Season

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 78649666831     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-2407     Document Type: Article

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