Effect of woodchip bedding during wet conditions on feedlot cattle productivity, behaviour and relative adrenal gland weight

Problems associated with muddy pens have been identified as some of the most serious animal welfare issues related to outdoor feedlot beef production, but there is relatively little work examining the use of woodchip bedding for lot-fed beef cattle under conditions of cold, wet, but non-freezing win...

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Main Authors: L.A. Tait, P.S. Taylor, J. Wilkes, P. McGilchrist, J. Reid, F.C. Cowley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175173112300349X