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Effects of sire growth potential, growing-finishing strategy, and time on feed on performance, composition, and efficiency of steers.
Journal of animal science - 1 Sept 1999
Short R E, Grings E E, MacNeil M D, Heitschmidt R K, Williams C B, Bennett G L
Abstract excerpt
Beef production systems that increase use of unharvested forages and use animals with greater potential for gain affect age and size of animals placed on a finishing regimen. This experiment was conducted to evaluate effects of genetic potential for gain, age at the start of a finishing period, and time on feed on composition, quantity, and quality of beef produced and efficiency of production during finishing....
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