| Description |
1 online resource (329 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction / Rodney A Hill -- Input Factors Affecting Profitability: a Changing Paradigm and a Challenging Time / Jason K Ahola and Rodney A Hill -- Measuring Individual Feed Intake and Utilization in Growing Cattle / D H (denny) Crews and Gordon E Carstens -- Producer Awareness and Perceptions about Feed Efficiency in Beef Cattle / J D Wulfhorst, Stephanie Kane, Jason K Ahola, John B Hall, and Rodney A Hill -- Feed Efficiency in Different Management Systems: Cow-Calf and in the Feedyard / Keela M Retallick and Dan B Faulkner -- Lessons from the Australian Experience / Robert M Herd and Paul F Arthur -- Nutrition and Feed Efficiency of Beef Cattle / Monty S Kerley -- Genetic Improvement of Feed Efficiency / Paul F Arthur and Robert M Herd -- Feed Efficiency and Animal Robustness / Wendy M Rauw -- Interactions with Other Traits: Reproduction and Fertility / John A Basarab, Carolyn Fitzsimmons, C Scott Whisnant, and Robert P Wettemann -- Feed Efficiency Interactions with Other Traits: Growth and Product Quality / Rodney A Hill and Jason K Ahola -- Estimating Feed Efficiency of Lactating Dairy Cattle Using Residual Feed Intake / Erin E Connor, Jana L Hutchison, and H Duane Norman -- Muscle and Adipose Tissue: Potential Roles in Driving Variation in Feed Efficiency / Cassie M Welch, Marcus McGee, Theresa A Kokta, and Rodney A Hill -- Epigenetics and Effects on the Neonate That May Impact Feed Efficiency / Allison M Meyer, Joel S Caton, Bret W Hess, Stephen P Ford, and Lawrence P Reynolds -- Hormonal Regulation of Feed Efficiency / Michael E Davis, Macdonald P Wick, and Martin G Maquivar -- Variation in Metabolism: Biological Efficiency of Energy Production and Utilization That Affects Feed Efficiency / Walter G Bottje and Gordon E Carstens -- Modeling Feed Efficiency / Roberto Sainz -- Index |
| Summary |
Feed Efficiency in the Beef Industry provides a thorough and concise overview of feed efficiency in beef cattle. It frames the great importance of feed efficiency to the industry and details the latest findings of the many scientific disciplines that intersect and aim to improve efficient and sustainable production of nutritious beef. The vast majority of production costs are directly tied to feed. With increased demand for grains to feed a rapidly increasing world population and to supply a new demand for alternative fuels, feed costs continue to increase. In recent years, the negative environmental impacts of inefficient feeding have also been realized; as such feed efficiency is an important factor in both economic viability and environmental sustainability of cattle production. Feed Efficiency in the Beef Industry covers a broad range of topics ranging from economic evaluation of feed efficiency to the physiological and genetic bases of efficient conversion of feed to high quality beef. Chapters also look at how a fuller understanding of feed efficiency is leading to new selective breeding efforts to develop more efficient cattle. With wide-ranging coverage from leading international researchers, Feed Efficiency will be a valuable resource for producers who wish to understand the complexities, challenges, and opportunities to reduce their cost of production, for students studying the topic and for researchers and professionals working in the beef industry |
| Notes |
Residual Feed Intake Phenotype Influences Nutritional Requirements |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cattle -- Feed utilization efficiency.
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Cattle -- Feeding and feeds.
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Beef industry.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Animal Husbandry.
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Beef industry
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Cattle -- Feed utilization efficiency
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Cattle -- Feeding and feeds
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hill, Rodney A.
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| ISBN |
9781118392331 |
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1118392337 |
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9781118388297 |
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1118388291 |
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