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Characterization and evaluation of residual feed intake measured in mid- to late-gestation mature beef cows and relationships with circulating serum metabolites and linear body measurements
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Miller, S. P., Swanson, K. C., Wood, K. M., Montanholi, Y. R., Fitzsimmons, C. F, McBride, B. W.
To evaluate the use of residual feed intake (RFI) models measured in mid-to-late gestating beef cows, a dataset was used combining data from five experiments containing nine treatment and/or replicate groups for a total of 321 animal records. Investigations of RFI models included the effects of...
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Effects of calf- and yearling-fed beef production systems and growth promotants on production and profitability
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Baron, V. S., López-Campos, O., Aalhus, J. L., Basarab, J. A., Okine, E. K.
In each of 2 yr, 112 spring-born steers were used to evaluate the effect of calf-fed vs. yearling-fed with and without growth implant and β-adrenergic agonist on production parameters and economic potential. Steers were grouped into: (1) non-implanted feeders harvested at 11–14 mo of age, (2)...
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Jones, S. D. M., Newman, J. A., Vincent, B. C., Price, M. A.
A total of 120 crossbred heifers (initial weight = 270 ± 3 kg) were used in a project to evaluate a once-calved-heifer system of beef production. They were reared on a cereal silage–grain diet and, beginning at an average age of 385 d, exposed during a 6-wk breeding period to bulls of breeds...
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Prediction of residual feed intake for first lactation dairy cows using orthogonal polynomial random regression
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Okine, E. K., Goonewardene, L. A., McFadden, T., Basarab, J. A., Wang, Z., Manafiazar, G., Li, P.
Residual Feed Intake (RFI) is a measure of energy efficiency. Developing an appropriate model to predict expected energy intake while accounting for multifunctional energy requirements of metabolic body weight (MBW), empty body weight (EBW), milk production energy requirements (MPER), and their...
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Single nucleotide polymorphisms for feed efficiency and performance in crossbred beef cattle
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Squires, J. J., Moore, S., Stothard, P., Swanson, K. C., Miller, S. P., Abo-Ismail, M. K., Vander Voort, G., Liao, X., Plastow, G., Mandell, I. B.
Background This study was conducted to: (1) identify new SNPs for residual feed intake (RFI) and performance traits within candidate genes identified in a genome wide association study (GWAS); (2) estimate the proportion of variation in RFI explained by the detected SNPs; (3) estimate the...