Optimal management of replacement heifers in a beef herd: a model for simultaneous optimization of rearing and breeding decisions.

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Journal of Animal Science

• Publication date

  2014-08-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Biology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.2527/jas.2010-7535PMID 25074455
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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