Residual feed intake and its effect on carcass and meat characteristics of feedlot Zebu cattle

Residual feed intake and its effect on carcass and meat characteristics of feedlot Zebu cattle

The objective of this study was to evaluate the residual feed intake (RFI) and its relation with performance, carcass and meat characteristics of Zebu animals. A total of 40 Zebu steers with initial age of 18 months and initial live weight of 350 kg were confined in feedlot for 112 days. The average...

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Main Authors: Julimar do Sacramento Ribeiro, Tarcisio de Moraes Gonçalves, Márcio Machado Ladeira, Fabrício Rodrigues Campos, Rymer Ramiz Tullio, Otávio Rodrigues Machado Neto, Dalton Mendes de Oliveira, Marcelo Silva Bassi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2012-06-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
Subjects:
feed efficiency
meat quality
performance
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982012000600027

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