Symposium Paper: Pre-Calving Nutrition and Management Programs for Two-Year-Old Beef Cows

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 145-150

  Whittier, J C ^a   Lardy, G P ^b   Johnson, C R ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef Cow; Development; Heifer; Management; Nutrition; Two Year Old Cows

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008179587     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31195-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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