Digestion and metabolism of low and high residual feed intake Nellore bulls

• Published in: Tropical animal health and production Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 529 - 535
• Main Authors: Bonilha, Sarah Figueiredo Martins, Branco, Renata Helena, Mercadante, Maria Eugênia Zerlotti, dos Santos Gonçalves Cyrillo, Joslaine Noely, Monteiro, Fábio Morato, Ribeiro, Enilson Geraldo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.03.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal Feed - analysis; Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Animals; Beef cattle; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Blood; Body weight; Cattle - blood; Cattle - physiology; Cattle production; Diet - veterinary; Digestion; Dry matter; Ecological footprint; Energy balance; Energy Intake; Feeding Behavior; Life Sciences; Male; Metabolites; Nutrient balance; Organic matter; Regular Articles; Rumen - metabolism; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; Zoology; Beef cattle; Nutrients intake; Cortisol; Efficiency; Digestibility

Understanding the reasons why animals of similar performances have different feed requirements is important to increase profits for cattle producers and to decrease the environmental footprint of beef cattle production. This study was carried out aiming to identify the associations between residual...