Copper and selenium supplementation in the diet of Brangus steers on the nutritional characteristics of meat

Twenty-eight Brangus cattle were used to determine the effect of copper and selenium supplementation on the carcass characteristics, fatty acid composition of the longissimus dorsi muscle and on the copper and selenium concentrations in the liver. The treatments were: no supplementation of copper or...

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Main Authors: Arlindo Saran Netto, Marcus Antonio Zanetti, Gustavo Ribeiro Del Claro, Flávio Garcia Vilela, Mariza Pires de Melo, Lísia Bertonha Correa, Silvana Marina Piccoli Pugine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2013-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982013000100010