Carcass Composition and Cuts of Bulls and Steers Fed with Three Concentrate Levels in the Diets |
do Prado, Ivanor Nunes
(Department of Animal Science, State University of Maringa)
Passetti, Rodrigo Augusto Cortez (Department of Animal Science, State University of Maringa) Rivaroli, Dayane Cristina (Department of Animal Science, State University of Maringa) Ornaghi, Mariana Garcia (Department of Animal Science, State University of Maringa) de Souza, Kennyson Alves (Department of Animal Science, State University of Maringa) Carvalho, Camila Barbosa (Department of Food Science, State University of Maringa) Perotto, Daniel (Department of Animal Science, Agronomic Institute of Parana) Moletta, Jose Luiz (Department of Animal Science, Agronomic Institute of Parana) |
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