Performance and Serum Metabolites of Fall-Weaned Beef Steers Strip-Grazing on Nonstockpiled Tall Fescue

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-211

  Boland, H T ^a,d   Scaglia, G ^a,e   Swecker, W S ^b   Abaye, A O ^c  

^a Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Iberia Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Backgrounding; Beef cattle; Performance; Serum metabolite; Tall fescue

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957692676     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)30581-7     Document Type: Article

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