Assessment of residual body weight gain and residual intake and body weight gain as feed efficiency traits in the turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

BACKGROUND: Since feed represents 70% of the total cost in poultry production systems, an animal’s ability to convert feed is an important trait. In this study, residual feed intake (RFI) and residual body weight gain (RG), and their linear combination into residual feed intake and body weight gain...

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Autores principales: Willems, Owen W, Miller, Stephen P, Wood, Benjamin J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3737043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23865507
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1297-9686-45-26

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3737043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23865507
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1297-9686-45-26

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