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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-03-01
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Series: | Journal of Dairy Science |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030223007324 |