Towards an improved estimation of the biological components of residual feed intake in growing cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 467-476

  Savietto, D ^a,b,c   Berry, D P ^b   Friggens, N C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

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

^c INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Beef; Feed efficiency; Genetic; Random regression; Residual feed intake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY COMPOSITION; BOVINAE; EATING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; EATING; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 84893654606     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2013-6894     Document Type: Article

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