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Feed Efficiency Heritability

Feed Efficiency Heritability is a genetic parameter that quantifies the proportion of phenotypic variation in feed efficiency among individuals that is attributable to additive genetic differences, thereby indicating the potential for genetic improvement through selective breeding.

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Efficiency of Feed Use in Beef Cattle

R. M. Koch, L. A. Swiger, D. T. Chambers et al. · Journal of Animal Science · 1963 · 1.3K citations

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Genetic and phenotypic variance and covariance components for feed intake, feed efficiency, and other postweaning traits in Angus cattle.

P. F. Arthur, J. A. Archer, D. J. Johnston et al. · Journal of Animal Science · 2001 · 573 citations

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Genetic and phenotypic relationships among different measures of growth and feed efficiency in young Charolais bulls

P. F. Arthur, Gilles Renand, Daniel Krauss · Livestock Production Science · 2001 · 295 citations

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Heritabilities and phenotypic and genetic correlations for bovine postrigor calpastatin activity, intramuscular fat content, Warner-Bratzler shear force, retail product yield, and growth rate1

S. D. Shackelford, M. Koohmaraie, L. V. Cundiff et al. · Journal of Animal Science · 1994 · 269 citations

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Genetic properties of feed efficiency parameters in meat-type chickens

Samuel E. Aggrey, A.B. Karnuah, Bram Sebastian et al. · Genetics Selection Evolution · 2010 · 267 citations · Full text

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    Jack C. M. Dekkers

    Iowa State University, United States

    7 publications · 378 citations

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  2. PF
    P. F. Arthur

    New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Australia

    7 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. MV
    M.J. VandeHaar

    Michigan State University, United States

    6 publications · 230 citations

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  4. DB
    D.P. Berry

    Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Ireland

    6 publications · 670 citations

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  5. RM
    R. M. Herd

    New South Wales Department of Primary Industries, Australia

    6 publications · 1.2K citations

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  1. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    16 h-index

    37 publications

    2.6K citations

  2. University of Guelph

    Guelph, Canada

    8 h-index

    29 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. New South Wales Department of Primary Industries

    Orange, Australia

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    4K citations

  5. Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    23 publications

    908 citations

  6. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    527 citations

  7. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    1.2K citations

  8. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    6 h-index

    16 publications

    1.9K citations

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  1. Journal of Animal Science

    39 publications · 4.4K citations

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  2. Journal of Dairy Science

    JDS · 18 publications · 874 citations

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  3. Poultry Science

    18 publications · 833 citations

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  4. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    8 publications · 305 citations

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  5. animal

    6 publications · 248 citations

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