Is visceral organ size related to feed efficiency in tropical hair sheep?

The residual feed intake (RFI) and residual intake and gain (RIG) are indices that measure ruminant feed efficiency. Their application has become alternatives to improve the profitability of intensive lamb production systems. This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of RFI and RIG to measure the no...

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Main Authors: Carlos Arce-Recinos, Jesús Alberto Ramos-Juárez, Baldomero Alarcón-Zúñiga, Luis Manuel Vargas-Villamil, Emilio Manuel Aranda-Ibáñez, Ricardo Lopes Dias da Costa, Alfonso Juventino Chay-Canul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022-12-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2021.2019621