Determination of levels of vitamin D and its metabolites after feeding of high levels of vitamin D₃ to beef animals to alleviate the effects of beta-agonist supplementation in feedlot cattle
M.Sc. === Various researchers have found that supplementing extremely high levels of dietary vitamin D₃ for a limited time prior to slaughter improved meat tenderness due to the increase in blood calcium levels caused by vitamin D, which play an important role in activating the calpain protease syst...
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8092 |