Effects of early weaning on finishing feed efficiency, marbling development and retail product quality of beef steers

Beef cattle producers continuously search for nutritional management options that provide flexibility to production scenarios. Due to its positive effects on maternal productivity, early weaning is one such alternative strategy that has received considerable interest. To better understand the effe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Jason Kaleb
Other Authors: Animal and Poultry Sciences
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/56596