Review: Biological determinants of between-animal variation in feed efficiency of growing beef cattle

Review: Biological determinants of between-animal variation in feed efficiency of growing beef cattle

Animal’s feed efficiency in growing cattle (i.e. the animal ability to reach a market or adult BW with the least amount of feed intake), is a key factor in the beef cattle industry. Feeding systems have made huge progress to understand dietary factors influencing the average animal feed efficiency....

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Main Authors: G. Cantalapiedra-Hijar, M. Abo-Ismail, G.E. Carstens, L.L. Guan, R. Hegarty, D.A. Kenny, M. McGee, G. Plastow, A. Relling, I. Ortigues-Marty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Animal
Subjects:
residual feed intake
ruminant
feed conversion ratio
steer
individual variability
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731118001489

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