Critical control points for profitability in the cow-calf enterprise

Professional Animal Scientist, Dec 2001 by Miller, A J, Faulkner, D B, Knipe, R K, Strohbehn, D R, Et al

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A. J. MILLER*,1, D. B. FAULKNER*, PAS, R. K. KNIPE*, D. R. STROHBEHN^, D. F. PARRETT*, and L. L. BERGER*, PAS

*Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801 and ^Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011

1To whom correspondence should be addressed: aj-millr@uiuc.edu