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Gene expression analysis of blood, liver, and muscle in cattle divergently selected for high and low residual feed intake.
Journal of animal science - 1 Nov 2017
Khansefid M, Millen C A, Chen Y, Pryce J E, Chamberlain A J, Vander Jagt C J, Gondro C, Goddard M E
Abstract excerpt
Improving feed efficiency in cattle is important because it increases profitability by reducing costs, and it also shrinks the environmental footprint of cattle production by decreasing manure and greenhouse gas emissions. Residual feed intake (RFI) is 1 measurement of feed efficiency and is the difference between actual and predicted feed intake. Residual feed intake is a complex trait with moderate...
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