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Selecting for Feed Efficient Cows Will Help to Reduce Methane Gas Emissions

In the last decade, several countries have included feed efficiency (as residual feed intake; RFI) in their breeding goal. Recent studies showed that RFI is favorably correlated with methane emissions. Thus, selecting for lower emitting animals indirectly through RFI could be a short-term strategy i...

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Autores principales: Manzanilla-Pech, Coralia Ines Valentina, Stephansen, Rasmus Bak, Difford, Gareth Frank, Løvendahl, Peter, Lassen, Jan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9178123/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35692829
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.885932