Feed efficiency in the beef industry /
Feed Efficiency in the Beef Industry provides a thorough and concise overview of feed efficiency in beef cattle. It frames the great importance of feed efficiency to the industry and details the latest findings of the many scientific disciplines that intersect and aim to improve efficient and susta...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ames, Iowa :
John Wiley & Sons,
2012.
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| Series: | Wiley Online Library.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Introduction / Rodney A Hill
- Input Factors Affecting Profitability: a Changing Paradigm and a Challenging Time / Jason K Ahola, Rodney A Hill
- Measuring Individual Feed Intake and Utilization in Growing Cattle / D H (denny) Crews, Gordon E Carstens
- Producer Awareness and Perceptions about Feed Efficiency in Beef Cattle / J D Wulfhorst, Stephanie Kane, Jason K Ahola, John B Hall, Rodney A Hill
- Feed Efficiency in Different Management Systems: Cow-Calf and in the Feedyard / Keela M Retallick, Dan B Faulkner
- Lessons from the Australian Experience / Robert M Herd, Paul F Arthur
- Nutrition and Feed Efficiency of Beef Cattle / Monty S Kerley
- Genetic Improvement of Feed Efficiency / Paul F Arthur, Robert M Herd
- Feed Efficiency and Animal Robustness / Wendy M Rauw
- Interactions with Other Traits: Reproduction and Fertility / John A Basarab, Carolyn Fitzsimmons, C Scott Whisnant, Robert P Wettemann
- Feed Efficiency Interactions with Other Traits: Growth and Product Quality / Rodney A Hill, Jason K Ahola
- Estimating Feed Efficiency of Lactating Dairy Cattle Using Residual Feed Intake / Erin E Connor, Jana L Hutchison, H Duane Norman
- Muscle and Adipose Tissue: Potential Roles in Driving Variation in Feed Efficiency / Cassie M Welch, Marcus McGee, Theresa A Kokta, Rodney A Hill
- Epigenetics and Effects on the Neonate That May Impact Feed Efficiency / Allison M Meyer, Joel S Caton, Bret W Hess, Stephen P Ford, Lawrence P Reynolds
- Hormonal Regulation of Feed Efficiency / Michael E Davis, Macdonald P Wick, Martin G Maquivar
- Variation in Metabolism: Biological Efficiency of Energy Production and Utilization That Affects Feed Efficiency / Walter G Bottje, Gordon E Carstens
- Modeling Feed Efficiency / Roberto Sainz
- Index.