Relationships between postweaning residual feed intake in heifers and forage use, body composition, feeding behavior, physical activity, and heart rate of pregnant beef females

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 5353-5365

  Hafla, A N ^a   Carstens, G E ^a   Forbes, T D A ^b   Tedeschi, L O ^a   Bailey, J C ^a   Walter, J T ^a   Johnson, J R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Feeding behavior; Forage intake; Heart rate; Residual feed intake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84887014032     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2013-6423     Document Type: Article

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