Re-defining efficiency of feed use by livestock
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Re-defining efficiency of feed use by livestock.
Livestock, particularly ruminants, can eat a wider range of biomass than humans. In the drive for greater efficiency, intensive systems of livestock production have evolved to compete with humans for high-energy crops such as cereals. Feeds consumed by livestock were analysed in terms of the quantities used and efficiency of conversion of grassland, human-edible ('edible') crops and crop by-pro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Animal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1751-7311
DOI: 10.1017/s175173111100005x