On the determination of residual feed intake and associations of infrared thermography with efficiency and ultrasound traits in beef bulls

Livestock Science

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-30

  Montanholi, Y R ^a   Swanson, K C ^a   Schenkel, F S ^a   McBride, B W ^a   Caldwell, T R ^a   Miller, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Feed efficiency; Residual feed intake; Skin temperature; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 67649440728     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2009.02.022     Document Type: Article

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