Article
Simultaneous Bayesian estimation of genetic parameters for curves of weight, feed intake, and residual feed intake in beef cattle.
Journal of animal science - 1 Sept 2021
Esfandyari Hadi, Jensen Just
Abstract excerpt
Rates of gain and feed efficiency are important traits in most breeding programs for growing farm animals. The rate of gain (GAIN) is usually expressed over a certain age period and feed efficiency is often expressed as residual feed intake (RFI), defined as observed feed intake (FI) minus expected feed intake based on live weight (WGT) and GAIN. However, the basic traits recorded are always WGT and FI and other...
Topics
- Animal Feed
- Animals
- Bayes Theorem
- Cattle
- Eating
- Male
- Phenotype
