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| Favero,R.; Mizubuti,I.Y.; Gomes,R.C.; Ribeiro,E.L.A.; Pereira,E.S.; Prado-Calixto,O.P.P.; Massaro Júnior,F.L.; Santos,A.P.S.. |
| ABSTRACT The present study aimed to evaluate the feedlot performance, profitability and carcass traits of Brahman bulls classified according to the residual feed intake (RFI). Twenty-four bulls (19-month old, 370±34kg live weight) were housed in individual pens for 54 days and had the daily feed intake (observed dry matter intake, DMIobs; DMI % live weight, LW) and average daily gain (ADG) measured. Ultrasound carcass evaluations were performed at the initial and final weighings, when measurements were taken of Longissimus dorsi area, ratio, Longissimus and Biceps femoris fat thickness. The animals were ranked and divided into high (>+0.5 standard deviation; SD), medium (between ±0.5 SD from the mean), and low (<-0.5 SD) RFI groups. Low-RFI animals... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Bos indicus; Feed conversion ratio; Musculature; Phenotype. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352018000200525 |
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