Use of Dried Distillers Grains in Preconditioning Programs for Weaned Beef Calves and Subsequent Impact on Wheat Pasture, Feedlot, and Carcass Performance

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 722-730

  Winterholler, S J ^a   Holland, B P ^a   McMurphy, C P ^a   Krehbiel, C R ^a   Horn, G W ^a   Lalman, D L ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distillers grain; Feedlot performance; Receiving diet; Sulfur; Wheat pasture

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955973943     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)30781-6     Document Type: Article

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