The relationship of feeding behavior to residual feed intake in crossbred Angus steers fed traditional and no-roughage diets

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 180-186

  Golden, J W ^a   Kerley, M S ^a   Kolath, W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Efficiency; Feeding behavior; Residual feed intake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 38149114721     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2005-569     Document Type: Article

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