Commercial benefits to the beef industry from genetic improvement in net feed efficiency

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages 338-340

  Exton, S C ^a   Herd, R M ^a   Davies, L ^a   Archer, J A ^a   Arthur, P F ^a  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benefit; Cattle; Feed Efficiency; Genetic Selection; Profit; Residual feed intake

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044523750     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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