Growth performance and carcass characteristics in finishing feedlot heifers fed different levels of chromium-enriched live yeast or fed zilpaterol hydrochloride

Cuban Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 361-368

  Valdés García, Yissel S ^a   Aguilera Soto, J I ^b   Barreras, A ^a   Estrada Angulo, A ^c   Gomez Vazquez A ^d   Plascencia, A ^a   Rios F G ^c   Reyes, J J ^e   Stuart, J ^e   Torrentera, Noemí G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ AUTÓNOMA DE TABASCO   (Mexico)

^e INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA ANIMAL   (Cuba)

Author keywords

agonist; Carcass traits; Direct fed microbials; Feed efficiency; Finishing cattle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874583405     PISSN: 08640408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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