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

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 151-158

  Banta, J P ^a   Lalman, D L ^a   Wettemann, R P ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nutrition; Primiparous Beef Cows; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008220544     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31196-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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