A study on the variation of feed efficiency in station tested beef bulls

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 435-441

  Liu, M F ^a   Goonewardene, L A ^b   Bailey, D R C ^c   Basarab, J A ^c   Kemp, R A ^d   Arthur, P F ^e   Okine, E K ^c   Makarechian, M ^f  

^a AgriTech International Corporation   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^c LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef bulls; Feed efficiency; Residual ME consumption

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0034369149     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A99-030     Document Type: Article

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