Association of residual feed intake with growth performance, carcass traits, meat quality, and blood variables in native chickens.
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DOI: 10.1093/jas/skaa121
Abstract: Improving feed efficiency is a primary goal in poultry breeding strategies. Residual feed intake (RFI) in chickens typically calculated at growing period is a measure of feed efficiency that independent of level of production. The… read more here.
Keywords: native chickens; meat quality; low rfi; high rfi ... See more keywords
Hot topic: Selecting cattle for low residual feed intake did not affect daily methane production but increased methane yield.
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DOI: 10.3168/jds.2018-15234
Abstract: Reducing enteric methane (CH4) production and improving feed conversion efficiency of dairy cows is of high importance. Residual feed intake (RFI) is one measure of feed efficiency, with low RFI animals being more efficient in… read more here.
Keywords: dmi; production; low rfi; ch4 ... See more keywords