Associations between feed efficiency, sexual maturity and fertility-related measures in young beef bulls

The beef industry has emphasized the improvement of feed utilization, as measured by modeling feed intake through performance traits to calculate residual feed intake (RFI). Evidence supports an inverse relationship between feed efficiency and reproductive function. The objective of this study was t...

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Main Authors: A.B.P. Fontoura, Y.R. Montanholi, M. Diel de Amorim, R.A. Foster, T. Chenier, S.P. Miller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731115001925