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Factors influencing the priority of access to food and their effects on the carcass traits for Japanese Black (Wagyu) cattle.
Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience - 1 Dec 2015
Takanishi N, Oishi K, Kumagai H, Uemura M, Hirooka H
Abstract excerpt
The factors influencing the priority of access to food and the effects of the priority of access to food on their carcass traits were analyzed for Japanese Black (Wagyu) cattle in a semi-intensive fattening production system. The records of 96 clinically healthy steers and heifers were analyzed. The calves at ∼3 to 4 months of age were allocated to pens with four animals per pen; all four animals in the same pen...
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