Journal of Dairy Science, 2022 : The objective of this study was to compare 3-breed rotational crossbred (CB) cows of the Montbéliarde, Viking Red, and Holstein (HO) breeds with HO cows fed 2 alternative diets for dry matter intake (DMI), fat plus protein production (CFP), body weight
G.M. Pereira +3 more
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, 2023 Comparison of residual feed intake and relevant traits between high and low residual feed intake (HRFI and LRFI) ducks.
Guiru Qiu (15060514) +6 more
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Genome wide association study of growth and feed efficiency traits in rabbits
World Rabbit Science, 2023 Feed efficiency is a major production trait in animal genetic breeding schemes. To further investigate the genetic control of feed efficiency in rabbits, we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for growth and feed efficiency on 679 rabbits ...
Hervé Garreau +10 more
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Water requirements of beef production can be reduced by genetic selection
Animal, 2021 Growing concerns regarding sustainability in agriculture include the availability of drinking water, which is putting pressure on livestock production, especially the beef sector, for more efficient practices.
G.M. Pereira +6 more
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A catalogue of validated single nucleotide polymorphisms in bovine orthologs of mammalian imprinted genes and associations with beef production traits [PDF]
, 2010 peer-reviewedGenetic (or ‘genomic’) imprinting, a feature of approximately 100 mammalian genes, results in monoallelic expression from one of the two parentally inherited chromosomes. To date, most studies have been directed on imprinted genes in murine
Magee, David A +23 more
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Effects of host genetics and environmental conditions on fecal microbiota composition of pigs. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Since microbiota may influence the physiology of its host including body weight increase, growth rate or feed intake, in this study we determined the microbiota composition in high or low residual feed intake (HRFI and LRFI) pig lines, of different age ...
Tereza Kubasova +6 more
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Residual Feed Intake and Rumen Metabolism in Growing Pelibuey Sheep [PDF]
Animals, 2022 This study was carried out to evaluate the residual feed intake (RFI), volatile fatty acid (VFA) production and enteric methane (CH4) from growing Pelibuey sheep. In this case, 12 non-castrated Pelibuey with an initial average live weight (LW) of 21.17 ± 3.87 kg and an age of 3 months, were housed in individual pens and fed a basal diet with 16% of ...
Carlos Arce-Recinos +9 more
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Phenotypic and Genetic Correlations of Feed Efficiency Traits with Growth and Carcass Traits in Nellore Cattle Selected for Postweaning Weight. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 This study evaluated phenotypic (rph) and genetic correlations (rg) between 8 feed efficiency traits and other traits of economic interest including weight at selection (WS), loin-eye area (LEA), backfat thickness (BF), and rump fat thickness (RF) in ...
Thais Matos Ceacero +5 more
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Residual feed intake in dairy ewes: an evidence of intraflock variability [PDF]
Animals, 2019 Abstract This study examined the intraflock variability of feed efficiency in dairy ewes, through monitoring residual feed intakes (RFI). Primiparous lactating ewes ( n =43; 57.7±0.91 kg body weight [BW] at lambing), representative of a French Lacaune dairy flock, were allocated in ...
González García, Eliel +2 more
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Heritability and genetic correlations of feed intake, body weight gain, residual gain, and residual feed intake of beef cattle as heifers and cows [PDF]
Journal of Animal Science, 2020 Abstract The cow herd consumes approximately 70% of the annual feed resources. To date, most genetic evaluations of feed intake in beef cattle have been made in growing animals and little information is available for mature cows.
Warren M Snelling +3 more
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