Breed and plane of milk-replacer nutrition influence the performance of pre-and postweaned dairy calves

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 116-123

  Ballou, M A ^a   Cobb, C J ^a   Earleywine, T J ^b   Obeidat, B S ^a,c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Animal Milk Products Co   (United States)

^c JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

breed; Calf; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886295894     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)30209-6     Document Type: Article

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