Assessing feed efficiency in beef steers through feeding behavior, infrared thermography and glucocorticoids

Animal

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 692-701

  Montanholi, Y R ^a   Swanson, K C ^a   Palme, R ^b   Schenkel, F S ^a   McBride, B W ^a   Lu, D ^a   Miller, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

beef cattle; cortisol; fecal cortisol metabolites; residual feed intake; skin temperature

Indexed keywords

BOS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77954539201     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731109991522     Document Type: Article

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