Determining biological sources of variation in residual feed intake in Brahman heifers during confinement feeding and on pasture

Objectives were to characterize residual feed intake (RFI) and determine the phenotypic correlation between performance, feed efficiency, and other biological measurements in Brahman heifers, as well as the relationship between RFI determined in confinement and measurements of grazing activity on pa...

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Main Author: Dittmar (III), Robert Otto
Other Authors: Forbe, David A.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2115
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2115