Biological basis for variation in residual feed intake in beef cattle. 2. Synthesis of results following divergent selection

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 44, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 431-440

  Richardson, E C ^a   Herd, R M ^b  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cattle breeding; Feed efficiency

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; FOOD INTAKE;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 3042703233     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ea02221     Document Type: Conference Paper

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