Genetic Improvement of Feed Efficiency

Feed Efficiency in the Beef Industry

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 93-103

  Arthur, Paul F ^a   Herd, Robert M ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beef cattle, genetic improvement through crossbreeding and selection; Beef production systems in improving profitability, input output cost; Economic, important traits in beef cattle, genetic nongenetic factors; Feed efficiency for improvement, switching over to efficient breeds; Genetic correlations with RFI; Genetic improvement of feed efficiency; Genetic improvement, breed substitution, crossbreeding, or genetic selection; Selection for low RFI, and progeny with a higher meat yield; Selection, for genetic improvement in feed efficiency; The Australian BREEDPLAN, using RFI as the FE trait

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886200279     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118392331.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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