Residual feed intake and body composition in young growing cattle

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-204

  Basarab, J A ^a   Price, M A ^b   Aalhus, J L ^c   Okine, E K ^a,b   Snelling, W M ^d   Lyle, K L ^a  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d 226 Airways Business Plaza   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cattle; Feed efficiency; GrowSafe System; Remote sensing; Residual feed intake

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0037810882     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A02-065     Document Type: Article

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