Insulin Sensitivity in Tropically Adapted Cattle With Divergent Residual Feed Intake

Residual feed intake (RFI) is one method to identify feed efficient animals; however, this method is costly and time consuming therefore, identifying an indirect measure of RFI is important. Evaluating the glucoregulatory mechanisms in cattle selected for divergent RFI may provide insight into meta...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shafer, Gentrie
Other Authors: Randel, Ronald D.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-08-10162