Relationships between feedlot health, average daily gain, and carcass traits of Angus steers1

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-19

  Reinhardt, C D ^a   Hands, M L ^a   Marston, T T ^b   Waggoner, J W ^a   Corah, L R ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^c Certified Angus Beef   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcass; Feedlot; Morbidity; Quality grade; Yield grade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892678101     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)30311-9     Document Type: Article

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