Effects of Surgical Spaying on Heifer Feedlot Growth Performance and Dietary Energetics

Subject Areas : Camel

A. Plascencia ¹ (Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán 80260, Sinaloa, México)
V.M. González-Vizcarra ² (Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali, Baja California, México)
Y.S. Valdés-García ³ (Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali, Baja California, México)
A. Barreras ⁴ (Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali, Baja California, México)
A. Estrada-Angulo ⁵ (Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán 80260, Sinaloa, México)
J.D. Urías-Estrada ⁶ (Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Culiacán 80260, Sinaloa, México)
R.A. Zinn ⁷ (Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, USA)

Received: 2023-02-17 Accepted : 2023-05-16 Published : 2023-06-01

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