Sire and liveweight affect feed intake and methane emissions of sheep confined in respiration chambers

Animal

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1935-1944

  Robinson, D L ^a   Goopy, J P ^a   Donaldson, A J ^a   Woodgate, R T ^a   Oddy, V H ^a   Hegarty, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

bias; feed intake; genetics; methane; sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

METHANE;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; METHANE; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84927696219     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731114001773     Document Type: Article

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