Article
Serum amylase activity and calcium and magnesium concentrations in young cattle grazing fescue and Bermuda grass pastures.
American journal of veterinary research - 1 May 1992
Nutting D F, Tolley E A, Toth L A, Ballard S D, Brown M A
Abstract excerpt
The study reported here was part of a long-term investigation of the effects of genotype on growth, reproduction, and metabolism in cattle grazing common Bermuda grass and endophyte-infected fescue pastures. In June 1990, blood samples were collected from the tail vein of yearling heifers and steers (Angus [AA], Brahman [BB], and their reciprocal crosses [AB, BA], n = 97). Serum amylase activity was assayed...
Topics
- Amylases
- Animal Feed
- Animals
- Breeding
- Calcium
- Cattle
- Female
- Genotype
- Magnesium
- Male
- Poaceae
- Sex Characteristics
