Residual feed intake is related to metabolic and inflammatory response during the preweaning period in Italian Simmental calves

ABSTRACT: Residual Feed Intake (RFI) is defined as the difference between measured and predicted intake. Understanding its biological regulators could benefit farm profit margins. The most-efficient animals (M-Eff) have observed intake smaller than predicted resulting in negative RFI, whereas the le...

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Main Authors: Giulia Ferronato, Luca Cattaneo, Annalisa Amato, Andrea Minuti, Juan J. Loor, Erminio Trevisi, Carmelo Cavallo, George Attard, Ahmed A. Elolimy, Luigi Liotta, Vincenzo Lopreiato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-03-01
Series:Journal of Dairy Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030223007324