Influence of Ionophore Supplementation on Growth Performance, Dietary Energetics and Carcass Characteristics in Finishing Cattle during Period of Heat Stress

Forty-eight crossbred heifers (378.1±18 kg) were used in a 56-d feeding trial (four pens per treatment in a randomised complete block design) to evaluate the influence of ionophore supplementation on growth performance, dietary energetics and carcass characteristics in finishing cattle during a peri...

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Main Authors: A. Barreras, B. I. Castro-Pérez, M. A. López-Soto, N. G. Torrentera, M. F. Montaño, A. Estrada-Angulo, F. G. Ríos, H. Dávila-Ramos, A. Plascencia, R. A. Zinn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 2013-11-01
Series:Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.ajas.info/upload/pdf/ajas-26-11-1553-7.pdf