Performance, intake and feed efficiency of Nellore young bulls housed in individual or group pens

Feed is the most expensive input in any livestock production system including beef cattle, therefore feed efficiency improvements can contribute to cost reduction. Residual feed intake (RFI) is one of the important measures of animal efficiency and can be defined as the difference between actual fee...

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Main Authors: André Lasmar Guimarães, Thaís Matos Ceacero, Welder Angelo Baldassini, Thiago Martins Pivaro, Lucia Galvão de Albuquerque, Maria Eugênia Zerlotti Mercadante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Zootecnia 2015-02-01
Series:Boletim de Indústria Animal
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Online Access:http://10.153.18.28/index.php/bia/article/view/440