A data-driven approach to assess general resilience in lambs based on variability in cumulative feed intake.

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Animal resilience is a key concept in livestock production, as more resilient animals are better capable of coping with short-term environmental challenges. As resilience is not a directly measured trait, many efforts have been made over the past few years to develop resilience indicators that capture the animals' response to perturbations and may become selection criteria in breeding programmes. In this context,...

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