Evaluation of By-product Feedstuffs, Level of Concentrate, and Selenium and Vitamin E Injections on Performance and Health of Beef Calves in Backgrounding Systems
Weaning stress in young calves is often compounded with stress from transport, marketing, and commingling. The result is a weakened immune system, which can lead to increased incidence of diseases, especially bovine respiratory disease complex (BRDC). Backgrounding cattle post-weaning and prior to...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33105 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05222003-093955/ |