Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Feedlot Steers: Effects of Delayed Implanting and Programmed Feeding During the Growing Period1

Professional Animal Scientist, Apr 2004 by Scaglia, G, Greene, L W, McCollum, F T III, Cole, N A, Montgomery, T H

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