Genetic and phenotypic relationships of feed intake and measures of efficiency with growth and carcass merit of beef cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2711-2720

  Nkrumah, J D ^a,b   Basarab, J A ^d   Wang, Z ^b   Li, C ^b,c   Price, M A ^b   Okine, E K ^b   Crews Jr , D H ^c   Moore, Stephen S ^b  

^a BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Carcass merit; Genetic parameter; Growth efficiency; Performance

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; CATTLE; CROSS BREEDING; EATING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; CATTLE; CROSSES, GENETIC; EATING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MEAT; PHENOTYPE; WEIGHT GAIN;

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EID: 35348935697     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2006-767     Document Type: Article

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