Different measures of energetic efficiency and their phenotypic relationships with growth, feed intake, and ultrasound and carcass merit in hybrid cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2451-2459

  Nkrumah, J D ^a   Basarab, J A ^b   Price, M A ^a   Okine, E K ^a   Ammoura, A ^a   Guercio, S ^a   Hansen, C ^a   Li, C ^a   Benkel, B ^c   Murdoch, B ^a   Moore, S S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^c LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d 4 10 Ag/For Bldg ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Carcass Merit; Efficiency; Performance

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS INDICUS X BOS TAURUS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 4243165729     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2004.8282451x     Document Type: Article

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