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| Mercadante,Maria Eugênia Zerlotti; Caliman,Ana Paula de Melo; Canesin,Roberta Carrilho; Bonilha,Sarah Figueiredo Martins; Berndt,Alexandre; Frighetto,Rosa Toyoko Shiraishi; Magnani,Elaine; Branco,Renata Helena. |
| Feed intake and average daily gain (ADG) in Nellore cattle were determined to calculate residual feed intake in two performance tests: first during the growth phase (RFIgrowth) and then during a measurement of the methane emission phase (RFImet). During the RFIgrowth test, 62 males and 56 females were classified as low-, medium-, and high-RFI. Enteric methane emission was measured in 46 animals; 23 males used for RFImet measurement plus 23 females (22 low-RFIgrowth and 24 high-RFIgrowth). Diet consisted of Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu hay (445 g/kg DM) and concentrate (555 g/kg DM). During the RFIgrowth and RFImet phases, DMI was lower in the animals with low RFI, with no difference in ADG. Residual feed intake was -0.359 and 0.367 kg DM/d for low- and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Beef cattle; Enteric methane production; Feed efficiency; Performance; Sulfur hexafluoride. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982015000700255 |
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