Review: Biological determinants of between-animal variation in feed efficiency of growing beef cattle

Exploration of Biological Markers of Feed Efficiency in Young Bulls

(2017) Sarah J. Meale et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

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

(2017) Sarah Figueiredo Martins Bonilha et al.   TROPICAL ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION

Genetic correlations between female fertility and postweaning growth and feed efficiency traits in multibreed beef cattle

(2016) Y. Mu et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Leptin concentrations in finishing beef steers and heifers and their association with dry matter intake, average daily gain, feed efficiency, and body composition

(2016) A.P. Foote et al.   DOMESTIC ANIMAL ENDOCRINOLOGY

Associations among methane emission traits measured in the feedlot and in respiration chambers in Angus cattle bred to vary in feed efficiency1

(2016) R. M. Herd et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Genetic and phenotypic variance and covariance components for methane emission and postweaning traits in Angus cattle12

(2016) K. A. Donoghue et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Identification of Gene Networks for Residual Feed Intake in Angus Cattle Using Genomic Prediction and RNA-seq

(2016) Kristina L. Weber et al.   PLoS One

Phenotypic and Genetic Correlations of Feed Efficiency Traits with Growth and Carcass Traits in Nellore Cattle Selected for Postweaning Weight

(2016) Thais Matos Ceacero et al.   PLoS One

Quantification of the main digestive processes in ruminants: the equations involved in the renewed energy and protein feed evaluation systems

(2015) D. Sauvant et al.   Animal

Effect of post-weaning residual feed intake classification on grazed grass intake and performance in pregnant beef heifers

(2015) G. Manafiazar et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Divergent selection for residual feed intake affects the transcriptomic and proteomic profiles of pig skeletal muscle12

(2015) A. Vincent et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Relationship of efficiency indices with performance, heart rate, oxygen consumption, blood parameters, and estimated heat production in Nellore steers

(2015) A. S. Chaves et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Methane production and methanogen levels in steers that differ in residual gain123

(2015) H. C. Freetly et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Visceral organ weights, digestion and carcass characteristics of beef bulls differing in residual feed intake offered a high concentrate diet

(2014) C. Fitzsimons et al.   Animal

Large-effect pleiotropic or closely linked QTL segregate within and across ten US cattle breeds

(2014) Mahdi Saatchi et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Association of circulating active and total ghrelin concentrations with dry matter intake, growth, and carcass characteristics of finishing beef cattle1

(2014) A. P. Foote et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Relationships between residual feed intake and hepatic mitochondrial function in growing beef cattle1

(2014) P. A. Lancaster et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Residual feed intake studies in Angus-sired cattle reveal a potential role for hypothalamic gene expression in regulating feed efficiency1,2

(2014) S. D. Perkins et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Measures of methane production and their phenotypic relationships with dry matter intake, growth, and body composition traits in beef cattle1,2

(2014) R. M. Herd et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Short communication: Plasma concentration of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide may regulate milk energy production in lactating dairy cows

(2014) A.E. Relling et al.   JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE

Plasma metabolites associated with residual feed intake and other productivity performance traits in beef cattle

(2014) B.K. Karisa et al.   Livestock Science

Drives and limits to feed intake in ruminants

(2014) Michael S. Allen   Animal Production Science

Reducing GHG emissions through genetic improvement for feed efficiency: effects on economically important traits and enteric methane production

(2013) J. A. Basarab et al.   Animal

Low-methane yield sheep have smaller rumens and shorter rumen retention time

(2013) John P. Goopy et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

CELL BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM: Genetics of feed efficiency in dairy and beef cattle1

(2013) D. P. Berry et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Methane emissions, body composition, and rumen fermentation traits of beef heifers differing in residual feed intake1

(2013) C. Fitzsimons et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Grazed grass herbage intake and performance of beef heifers with predetermined phenotypic residual feed intake classification

(2012) P. Lawrence et al.   Animal

Nitrogen metabolism and rumen microbial enumeration in lactating cows with divergent residual feed intake fed high-digestibility pasture

(2012) A.G. Rius et al.   JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE

Composition and Similarity of Bovine Rumen Microbiota across Individual Animals

(2012) Elie Jami et al.   PLoS One

Circulating ghrelin and leptin concentrations and growth hormone secretagogue receptor abundance in liver, muscle, and adipose tissue of beef cattle exhibiting differences in composition of gain

(2011) J. S. Jennings et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Relationship between the activity of mitochondrial respiratory chain complexes and feed efficiency in fat-tailed Ghezel lambs1

(2011) H. Rajaei Sharifabadi et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Isolation of Succinivibrionaceae Implicated in Low Methane Emissions from Tammar Wallabies

(2011) P. B. Pope et al.   SCIENCE

Correlation of Particular Bacterial PCR-Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis Patterns with Bovine Ruminal Fermentation Parameters and Feed Efficiency Traits

(2010) E. Hernandez-Sanabria et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Energy utilization in pigs selected for high and low residual feed intake1

(2010) R. Barea et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Muscle characteristics and meat quality traits are affected by divergent selection on residual feed intake in pigs1

(2010) L. Lefaucheur et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

mRNA expression of genes regulating oxidative phosphorylation in the muscle of beef cattle divergently ranked on residual feed intake

(2010) Alan K. Kelly et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL GENOMICS

Effect of divergence in residual feed intake on feeding behavior, blood metabolic variables, and body composition traits in growing beef heifers1

(2009) A. K. Kelly et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Abomasal infusion of casein, starch and soybean oil differentially affect plasma concentrations of gut peptides and feed intake in lactating dairy cows

(2008) Alejandro E. Relling et al.   DOMESTIC ANIMAL ENDOCRINOLOGY

Linkage of microbial ecology to phenotype: correlation of rumen microbial ecology to cattle's feed efficiency

(2008) Le Luo Guan et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Association of mitochondrial function and feed efficiency in poultry and livestock species1

(2008) W. G. Bottje et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Physiological basis for residual feed intake1

(2008) R. M. Herd et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE