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Genetic variance and covariance components for carbon dioxide production and postweaning traits in Angus cattle.
Journal of animal science - 1 Sept 2020
Donoghue Kath A, Bird-Gardiner Tracie, Herd Robert M, Hegarty Roger S, Arthur Paul F
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This experiment investigated phenotypic and genetic relationships between carbon dioxide production, methane emission, feed intake, and postweaning traits in Angus cattle. Respiration chamber data on 1096 young bulls and heifers from 2 performance recording research herds of Angus cattle were analyzed to provide phenotypic and genetic parameters for carbon dioxide production rate (CPR; n = 425, mean 3,010 ± SD...
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