Genetic variation in residual feed intake and its association with other production traits in British Hereford cattle

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 111-119

  Herd, R M ^a   Bishop, S C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Efficiency; Residual feed intake; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034093393     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(99)00122-0     Document Type: Article

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