Technical note: Do dietary net energy values calculated from performance data offer increased sensitivity for detecting treatment differences?

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2756-2760

  Vaseoncelos, J T ^a,b   Galyean, M L ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Cattle; Feed intake; Feedlot; Gain:feed; Net energy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DIET; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; MATHEMATICS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIET; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; MATHEMATICS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; RESEARCH;

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EID: 54449093968     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-1057     Document Type: Article

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