Live weight and metabolic hormone profile in steers moved in drives

The objective was to determine the effects of driving on the growth of steers during 55 days of moving by drive and 84 days after the arrival. Twenty-five steers were randomly chosen from a herd of 1,000 Nellore cattle, which were evaluated in two periods: the driving period, in which animals were m...

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Main Authors: Marcella Cândia D'Oliveira, Maria Inês Lenz Souza, Camila Celeste Brandão Ferreira Ítavo, Ruy Alberto Caetano Corrêa Filho, Maria da Graça Morais, João Alberto Negrão, Gumercindo Loriano Franco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2014-10-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982014001000551&lng=en&tlng=en