Phenotypic performance of progeny from UK sires selected on female fertility beef EBVs
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Differences between progeny of beef sires in susceptibility to fescue toxicosis.
Fifteen progeny of two Polled Hereford sires were fed endophyte-infected tall fescue seed (E+) to investigate variability in susceptibility to fescue toxicosis. One sire, bred in Missouri, was reputed to produce calves that were resistant to fescue toxicosis. The Control sire, from Virginia, had unknown merit for susceptibility. There were two phases in which E+ was included in the diet (2 and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Advances in Animal Biosciences
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2040-4700
DOI: 10.1017/s2040470010002086