Castration and morbidity and their effects on performance, carcass quality, and price differentials for bulls and steers

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-28

  Massey, C ^a   Dhuyvetter, K C ^a   Llewelyn, R V ^a   Blasi, D A ^b  

^a Department of Agricultural Economics ^*  (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Carcass quality; Castration; Morbidity; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892673647     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)30440-X     Document Type: Article

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