Residual feed intake and relationships with performance of Nellore cattle selected for post weaning weight

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 929-937

  Sobrinho, Tatiana Lucila ^a   Branco, Renata Helena ^b   Bonilha, Sarah Figueiredo Martins ^b   de Castilhos, André Michel ^a   de Figueiredo, Leopoldo Andrade ^b   Razook, Alexander George ^b   Mercadante, Maria Eugênia Zerlotti ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE ZOOTECNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Efficiency parameters; Selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 79957667694     PISSN: 15163598     EISSN: 18069290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-35982011000400030     Document Type: Article

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