Estimating Feed Efficiency of Lactating Dairy Cattle Using Residual Feed Intake

Feed Efficiency in the Beef Industry

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 159-173

  Connor, Erin E ^a   Hutchison, Jana L ^a   Norman, H Duane ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle FE and methods of identification, conversion of feeds into milk; Factors for measuring RFI in milk production; Feed efficiency of lactating dairy cattle, optimum test periods for RFI; Individual RFI estimate, for accurate RFI assessment; Lactating dairy cattle, and production efficiency enhancement; Lower feed intake and reductions in RFI, and feed cost reduction; Measures of RFI in dairy cattle, in assessing metabolic efficiency; Parity effects, mammary gland capacity affecting RFI by parity; Particular traits, and trait variations in populations and genetic influences; Production efficiency improvement in milk yield, and genetic selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886104536     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118392331.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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