title: Management considerations in beef heifer development and puberty.
authors.affiliation: Division of Animal Sciences, 132 Animal Sciences Research Center, 920 East Campus Drive, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA. Electronic address: PattersonD@missouri.edu.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: Michael F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods*; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000254:growth & development*; D005260:Female; D012098:Reproduction / Q000502:physiology; D012741:Sexual Maturation / Q000502:physiology; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000379:methods*