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Impacts of a leptin SNP on growth performance and carcass characters in finishing steers studied over time.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jan 2017
Kononoff P J, Defoor P J, Engler M J, Swingle R S, Gleghorn J F, James S T, Marquess F L S
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A total of 2,948 steers (mean initial BW = 568.9 ± 49.4 kg) were used to evaluate the effect of the LEP R25C SNP genotype on feed intake, growth performance, and carcass characteristics over time. Steers were grouped into 5 blocks, each consisting of 10 pens initially, and then at approximately 24 d prior to the assigned slaughter date, cattle in each pen were randomly selected either to remain in the pen they...
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