Invited review: Improving feed efficiency of beef cattle–the current state of the art and future challenges

DA Kenny, C Fitzsimons, SM Waters, M McGee - animal, 2018 - cambridge.org
Improvements in feed efficiency of beef cattle have the potential to increase producer
profitability and simultaneously lower the environmental footprint of beef production …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the role of rumen epithelial host-microbe interactions in cattle feed efficiency

SW Na - Animal nutrition, 2022 - Elsevier
Feed efficiency is one of the economically important traits for the cattle industry that affects
profit (feed costs) and the environment (production of manure and methane). Due to that …

Association of residual feed intake with growth and slaughtering performance, blood metabolism, and body composition in growing lambs

X Zhang, W Wang, F Mo, Y La, C Li, F Li - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The aim of this study was to determine the association of residual feed intake (RFI) with
growth performance, blood metabolic parameters, and body composition factors in growing …

Weighted single‐step genome‐wide association study and pathway analyses for feed efficiency traits in Nellore cattle

LC Brunes, F Baldi, FB Lopes, RB Lôbo… - Journal of Animal …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The aim was to conduct a weighted single‐step genome‐wide association study to detect
genomic regions and putative candidate genes related to residual feed intake, dry matter …

Molecular physiology of feed efficiency in beef cattle

C Fitzsimons, M McGee, K Keogh… - Biology of domestic …, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter reviews the molecular physiology of feed efficiency in beef cattle and highlights
significant variation across a variety of metabolic organs and constituent biochemical …

Digestion and metabolism of low and high residual feed intake Nellore bulls

SFM Bonilha, RH Branco, MEZ Mercadante… - Tropical Animal Health …, 2017 - Springer
Understanding the reasons why animals of similar performances have different feed
requirements is important to increase profits for cattle producers and to decrease the …

Physiological parameter values for physiologically based pharmacokinetic models in food‐producing animals. Part I: Cattle and swine

Z Lin, M Li, YS Wang, LA Tell… - Journal of veterinary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models for chemicals in food animals are a
useful tool in estimating chemical tissue residues and withdrawal intervals. Physiological …

Biological mechanisms related to differences in residual feed intake in dairy cows

YM Xi, F Wu, DQ Zhao, Z Yang, L Li, ZY Han, GL Wang - Animal, 2016 - cambridge.org
Residual feed intake (RFI), defined as the difference between an animal's actual feed intake
and expected feed intake over a specific period, is an inheritable character of feed …

[HTML][HTML] Влияние новой кормовой добавки на продуктивность и физиологические показатели молочных коров

АТ Варакин, АА Ряднов, МА Степурина… - … комплекса: наука и …, 2021 - cyberleninka.ru
Актуальность. Научно обоснованное ведение молочного скотоводства
предусматривает обеспечение рационов коров нормируемыми питательными …

Effect of breed and dietary composition on the miRNA profile of beef steers divergent for feed efficiency

K Keogh, M McGee, DA Kenny - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Identifying and breeding cattle that are more feed efficient is of great benefit to beef
production. Additionally, it is crucial that genes contributing to feed efficiency are robust …