Residual feed intake of Angus beef cattle divergently selected for feed conversion ratio

Livestock Science

Volumn 132, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 41-47

  Smith, S N ^a   Davis, M E ^a   Loerch, S C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Feed conversion ratio; Residual feed intake; Selection

Indexed keywords

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EID: 77954657450     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2010.04.019     Document Type: Article

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