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<blockquote data-quote="HerefordSire" data-source="post: 573431" data-attributes="member: 4437"><p>"Recently, Oddy and Herd (2001) suggested that there are five mechanisms contributing to variation in efficiency under genetic control that could be studied, which are as follows: 1) feed intake, 2) digestion of feed, 3) metabolism, 4) activity, and 5) thermoregulation. To this list we would add those that have received most of the attention: 6) rate or gain, 7) BW, and 8) prolificacy. Also, metabolism must be separated into at least two components: 3a) maintenance and 3b) growth metabolism. None of these traits can be ignored, if only to ensure minimum or no negative consequences. "</p><p></p><p><a href="http://jas.fass.org/cgi/content/full/81/13_suppl_1/E27" target="_blank">http://jas.fass.org/cgi/content/full/81/13_suppl_1/E27</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HerefordSire, post: 573431, member: 4437"] "Recently, Oddy and Herd (2001) suggested that there are five mechanisms contributing to variation in efficiency under genetic control that could be studied, which are as follows: 1) feed intake, 2) digestion of feed, 3) metabolism, 4) activity, and 5) thermoregulation. To this list we would add those that have received most of the attention: 6) rate or gain, 7) BW, and 8) prolificacy. Also, metabolism must be separated into at least two components: 3a) maintenance and 3b) growth metabolism. None of these traits can be ignored, if only to ensure minimum or no negative consequences. " [url=http://jas.fass.org/cgi/content/full/81/13_suppl_1/E27]http://jas.fass.org/cgi/content/full/81/13_suppl_1/E27[/url] [/QUOTE]
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