Hematological profile of beef cattle with divergent residual feed intake, following feed deprivation

The objective of this work was to characterize the hematological profiles of steers and bulls, according to residual feed intake (RFI), after feed deprivation. Twenty‑month‑old Nellore steers and bulls were fed feedlot diets for 70 and 56 days, respectively. RFI was calculated as the difference betw...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo da Costa Gomes, Renata Farinelli de Siqueira, Michael Alan Ballou, Tiago Roberto Stella, Paulo Roberto Leme
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Embrapa Informação Tecnológica 2011-09-01
Series:Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2011000900019&lng=en&tlng=en