Growth performance, reproductive parameters and fertility measures in young Nellore bulls with divergent feed efficiency
Guilherme Fazan Rossi; Natália Marins Bastos; Dayane Priscila Vrisman; Naiara Nantes Rodrigues; Roberta Vantini; Joaquim Mansano Garcia; Erika Aline Ribeiro Dias; Flávia Fernanda Simili; André Lasmar Guimarães; Roberta Carrilho Canesin; Maria Eugênia Zerlotti Mercadante; Camila de Paula Freitas-Dell’Aqua; Flávia Regina Florencio de Athayde; Fabio Morato Monteiro; Gisele Zoccal Mingoti
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Submitted date:
05/17/2022
Accepted date:
09/26/2022
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