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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hill, Rodney A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.
Temas:
Cattle > Feed utilization efficiency.
Cattle > Feeding and feeds.
Beef industry.
Bovins > Alimentation.
Bœuf (Viande) > Industrie.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Animal Husbandry.
Beef industry
Cattle > Feed utilization efficiency
Cattle > Feeding and feeds
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Rodney A Hill
  • Input Factors Affecting Profitability: a Changing Paradigm and a Challenging Time / Jason K Ahola and Rodney A Hill
  • Measuring Individual Feed Intake and Utilization in Growing Cattle / D H (denny) Crews and Gordon E Carstens
  • Producer Awareness and Perceptions about Feed Efficiency in Beef Cattle / J D Wulfhorst, Stephanie Kane, Jason K Ahola, John B Hall, and Rodney A Hill
  • Feed Efficiency in Different Management Systems: Cow-Calf and in the Feedyard / Keela M Retallick and Dan B Faulkner
  • Lessons from the Australian Experience / Robert M Herd and Paul F Arthur
  • Nutrition and Feed Efficiency of Beef Cattle / Monty S Kerley
  • Genetic Improvement of Feed Efficiency / Paul F Arthur and 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, and Robert P Wettemann
  • Feed Efficiency Interactions with Other Traits: Growth and Product Quality / Rodney A Hill and Jason K Ahola
  • Estimating Feed Efficiency of Lactating Dairy Cattle Using Residual Feed Intake / Erin E Connor, Jana L Hutchison, and H Duane Norman
  • Muscle and Adipose Tissue: Potential Roles in Driving Variation in Feed Efficiency / Cassie M Welch, Marcus McGee, Theresa A Kokta, and 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, and Lawrence P Reynolds
  • Hormonal Regulation of Feed Efficiency / Michael E Davis, Macdonald P Wick, and Martin G Maquivar
  • Variation in Metabolism: Biological Efficiency of Energy Production and Utilization That Affects Feed Efficiency / Walter G Bottje and Gordon E Carstens
  • Modeling Feed Efficiency / Roberto Sainz
  • Index.

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