Effects of Feed Intake Restriction on Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Finishing Beef Steers

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 255-261

  Drager, C D ^a   Brown, M S ^a   Jeter, M B ^a   Dew, P F ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caloric Restriction; Limit Feeding; Restricted Feeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008182710     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31308-5     Document Type: Article

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