Biological basis for variation in residual feed intake in beef cattle. 1. Review of potential mechanisms

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 44, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 423-430

  Herd, R M ^a   Oddy, V H ^a,b   Richardson, E C ^a  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^b Currently: Meat and Livestock Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feed efficiency

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; FOOD INTAKE;

BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE;

EID: 3042786484     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ea02220     Document Type: Conference Paper

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