Relationship between body measurements, metabolic hormones, metabolites and residual feed intake in performancetested pedigree beef bulls

Livestock Science

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-16

  Kelly, A K ^a   McGee, M ^b   Crews, D H ^c   Lynch, C O ^a   Wylie, A R ^d   Evans, R D ^e   Kenny, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b GRANGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^d AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e IRISH CATTLE BREEDING FEDERATION   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Body composition; Plasma analytes; Residual feed intake

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 78650174892     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2010.05.018     Document Type: Article

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