Phenotypic and genetic relationships among feeding behavior traits, feed intake, and residual feed intake in steers fed grower and finisher diets

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3401-3409

  Durunna, O N ^a   Wang, Z ^a   Basarab, J A ^b   Okine, E K ^a   Moore, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef steer; Feeding behavior; Finisher diet; Grower diet; Residual feed intake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CROSS BREEDING; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CROSSES, GENETIC; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIATION; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80054726361     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2011-3867     Document Type: Article

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