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

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
Subjects:
residual feed intake
growth performance
metabolic profile
Simmental calves
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022030223007324

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