Heterogeneity in genetic and nongenetic variation and energy sink relationships for residual feed intake across research stations and countries

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2013-2026

  Tempelman, R J ^a   Spurlock, D M ^b   Coffey, M ^c   Veerkamp, R F ^d   Armentano, L E ^e   Weigel, K A ^e   de Haas, Y ^e   Staples, C R ^f   Connor, E E ^g   Lu, Y ^a   VandeHaar, M J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heritability; International study; Random regression model; Residual feed intake

Indexed keywords

BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BOVINE; BREEDING; DAIRYING; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HEREDITY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HEREDITY; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; SCOTLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924069980     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2014.8510     Document Type: Article

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