Potential environmental benefits of residual feed intake as strategy to mitigate methane emissions in sheep

Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1551-1556

  Muro Reyes, A ^a   Gutierrez Banuelos, H ^a   Diaz Garcia, L H ^a   Gutierrez Pina, F J ^a   Escareno Sanchez, L M ^a   Banuelos Valenzuela, R ^a   Medina Flores, C A ^a   Corral Luna, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHUA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Feed efficiency; Methane; Parameters; Rams; Residual feed intake; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052083303     PISSN: 16805593     EISSN: 1993601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/javaa.2011.1551.1556     Document Type: Article

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