Associations of acute stress and overnight heart rate with feed efficiency in beef heifers

Proxies have the potential to accelerate feed efficiency (residual feed intake (RFI); kg dry matter/day) improvement, assisting with the reduction of beef cattle feed costs and environmental impact. Heart rate (HR) (beats per minute (BPM)) is associated with feed efficiency and influenced by autonom...

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Main Authors: J.C. Munro, F.S. Schenkel, P.W. Physick-Sheard, A.B.P. Fontoura, S.P. Miller, T. Tennessen, Y.R. Montanholi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731116001695

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