Growth, body composition and costs of feeding Holstein heifers

Growth and body composition of 121 Holstein heifers (4.6 to 18 mo and 129 to 407 kg) reared on pasture, drylot and pasture-drylot systems were evaluated in 6 experiments. Heifers were switched from drylot to pasture or the reverse to study carry-over effects from previous treatments; both systems we...

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Main Author: Novaes, Luciano Patto
Other Authors: Animal Sciences, Dairy
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/38994
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07282008-135927/