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A bioeconomic model for comparing beef cattle genotypes at their optimal economic slaughter end point.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jan 1994
Amer P R, Kemp R A, Buchanan-Smith J G, Fox G C, Smith C
Abstract excerpt
A bioeconomic model of a feedlot was developed for the comparison of beef cattle genotypes under specified management and marketing conditions. The optimization behavior of commercial feedlot managers is incorporated into the model using optimum economic rotation theory. The days spent in the feedlot (rotation) by a group of animals are derived using this theory so as to maximize an objective function....
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