Postweaning Gains in Calves Sired by Six Sire Breeds Evaluated on Two Preweaning Forages and Two Postweaning Management Systems

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 224-231

  Brown, M A ^a   Wang, X Z ^b,e   Gao, F Q ^b,f   Wu, J P ^b   Lalman, D L ^c   Holloway, J W ^d  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Xinjiang Agricultural Vocational and Technical Institute   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Postweaning average daily gain; Sire breed; Tropically adapted

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957609492     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/S1080-7446(15)30844-5     Document Type: Article

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