Effects of Tuli, Brahman, Angus, and Polled Hereford Sires on Carcass Traits of Steer Offspring1 Research supported by The University of Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station (project no. GEO00177).

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 154-159

  Baker, J F ^a   Williams, S E ^a   Vann, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcass Traits; Steers; Subtropics; Tuli

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007550928     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31616-8     Document Type: Article

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