Genetic associations between feed efficiency measured in a performance test station and performance of growing cattle in commercial beef herds

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3382-3393

  Crowley, J J ^a,b,c   Evans, R D ^d   McHugh, N ^a,b   Pabiou, T ^d   Kenny, D A ^b   McGee, M ^c   Crews Jr , D H ^e   Berry, D P ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c GRANGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^d IRISH CATTLE BREEDING FEDERATION   (Ireland)

^e Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Carcass; Feed efficiency; Genetic; Muscularity; Skeletal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; EATING; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MEAT; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; EATING; GENOTYPE; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 80054737404     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2011-3836     Document Type: Article

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