Genetic and phenotypic relationships of feeding behavior and temperament with performance, feed efficiency, ultrasound, and carcass merit of beef cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2382-2390

  Nkrumah, J D ^a,b   Crews Jr , D H ^c   Basarab, J A ^d   Price, M A ^b   Okine, E K ^b   Wang, Z ^b   Li, C ^b,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; Feed efficiency; Feeding behavior; Temperament

Indexed keywords

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

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

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 35349007628     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2006-657     Document Type: Article

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