Review: Biological determinants of between-animal variation in feed efficiency of growing beef cattle.

doi:10.1017/S1751731118001489

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Review: Biological determinants of between-animal variation in feed efficiency of growing beef cattle.

Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience - 1 Dec 2018

Cantalapiedra-Hijar G, Abo-Ismail M, Carstens G E, Guan L L, Hegarty R, Kenny D A, McGee M, Plastow G, Relling A, Ortigues-Marty I

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Animal's feed efficiency in growing cattle (i.e. the animal ability to reach a market or adult BW with the least amount of feed intake), is a key factor in the beef cattle industry. Feeding systems have made huge progress to understand dietary factors influencing the average animal feed efficiency. However, there exists a considerable amount of animal-to-animal variation around the average feed efficiency...

Topics

Animal Feed
Animals
Body Composition
Cattle
Diet
Eating
Energy Metabolism
Feeding Behavior
Genetic Variation
Lipid Metabolism
Phenotype
Rumen

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PMID: 30139392
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731118001489

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