Influence of Fasting Time on Body Weight Shrinkage and Average Daily Gain

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 524-527

  Aiken, G E ^a   Tabler, S F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b DALE BUMPERS SMALL FARMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body Weight; Cattle; Grazing; Gut Fill

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008240297     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)31358-9     Document Type: Article

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