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Explaining growth promotants used in feedlot cattle

Source: Beef Cattle Research Council, www.BeefResearch.ca Feed efficiency in cattle can make or break profitability in the feeding sector, and has environmental implications. The costs of buying a calf...

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How feed efficiency affects the profitability and environmental impact of...

Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs The analogy of farm animals as manufacturing machines has been employed for a long time to represent the different aspects of the whole animals’...

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Innovation in cattle feed efficiency

Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/ Dr. Susan Markus, Livestock Research Scientist Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Stettler, Alberta, Canada Defining Efficiency...

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Gene expression pinpoints top feed efficient cattle

Source: Alberta Beef Producers Wide variation between individual animals. Changes in diet, environment and other factors will trigger different genetic responses in individual cattle, which may result...

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Residual Feed Intake (Net Feed Efficiency) in Beef Cattle

Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/ Improving the feed efficiency of a beef cattle herd can mean big savings for producers. One way to achieve this goal is to select...

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Economic and environmental impacts associated with removal of...

Source: Beef Cattle Research Coucil Research in progress Project Title: Economic and environmental impacts associated with removal of productivity- enhancing technologies in the Canadian beef cattle...

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Identifying efficient cattle using infrared technology

Source: Alberta Beef Producer PROJECT NO.: 0007-126 RESEARCH INSTITUTION: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Lacombe Research Station) LEAD RESEARCHER: Dr. Al Schaefer Background: Winter feed costs can...

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Optimizing protein levels in feedlot diets containing DDGS

Source:  Beef Cattle Research Council Project Title: Nutritional Strategies to Optimize Protein Value of Feeding Ethanol By-Products to Beef Cattle Researchers: Wenzhu Yang, Ph.D. yangw@agr.gc.ca...

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DNA tests for feed efficiency and beef tenderness

Source: Alberta Beef Producers “DNA Panel Development to Predict Genetic Differences for Feed Efficiency and Beef Tenderness” Project No.: 0008-023 Research Institution: University of Alberta and...

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Improving tenderness in beef cuts

Source: Beef Cattle Research Council Project Title: Genetics of eating quality of high connective tissue beef Researchers: Heather Bruce, Ph.D. hbruce@ualberta.ca Heather Bruce, Ph.D., Graham Plastow,...

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Explaining growth promotants used in feedlot cattle

Source: Beef Cattle Research Council, www.BeefResearch.ca Feed efficiency in cattle can make or break profitability in the feeding sector, and has environmental implications. The costs of buying a calf...

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How feed efficiency affects the profitability and environmental impact of...

Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs The analogy of farm animals as manufacturing machines has been employed for a long time to represent the different aspects of the whole animals’...

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Innovation in cattle feed efficiency

Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/ Dr. Susan Markus, Livestock Research Scientist Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Stettler, Alberta, Canada Defining Efficiency...

View Article


Gene expression pinpoints top feed efficient cattle

Source: Alberta Beef Producers Wide variation between individual animals. Changes in diet, environment and other factors will trigger different genetic responses in individual cattle, which may result...

View Article

Residual Feed Intake (Net Feed Efficiency) in Beef Cattle

Source: Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/ Improving the feed efficiency of a beef cattle herd can mean big savings for producers. One way to achieve this goal is to select...

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Economic and environmental impacts associated with removal of...

Source: Beef Cattle Research Coucil Research in progress Project Title: Economic and environmental impacts associated with removal of productivity- enhancing technologies in the Canadian beef cattle...

View Article

Identifying efficient cattle using infrared technology

Source: Alberta Beef Producer PROJECT NO.: 0007-126 RESEARCH INSTITUTION: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Lacombe Research Station) LEAD RESEARCHER: Dr. Al Schaefer Background: Winter feed costs can...

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Optimizing protein levels in feedlot diets containing DDGS

Source:  Beef Cattle Research Council Project Title: Nutritional Strategies to Optimize Protein Value of Feeding Ethanol By-Products to Beef Cattle Researchers: Wenzhu Yang, Ph.D. yangw@agr.gc.ca...

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DNA tests for feed efficiency and beef tenderness

Source: Alberta Beef Producers “DNA Panel Development to Predict Genetic Differences for Feed Efficiency and Beef Tenderness” Project No.: 0008-023 Research Institution: University of Alberta and...

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Improving tenderness in beef cuts

Source: Beef Cattle Research Council Project Title: Genetics of eating quality of high connective tissue beef Researchers: Heather Bruce, Ph.D. hbruce@ualberta.ca Heather Bruce, Ph.D., Graham Plastow,...

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