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Table 1 Growth performance of the low and high-RFI beef steers

From: Characterization of rumen microbiome and immune genes expression of crossbred beef steers with divergent residual feed intake phenotypes

Parameters

1Low-RFI

2High-RFI

SE

P-value

RFI, Kg/d

-1.83

2.12

0.41

0.01

Initial BW, Kg

313

345

10.18

0.14

Final BW, Kg

430

467

12.92

0.19

ADG, Kg/d

1.68

1.74

0.05

0.60

DMI, Kg/d

9.02

11.5

0.33

0.01

F:G

2.38

2.98

0.09

0.01

  1. 1Low-RFI = feed-efficient beef steers, 2High-RFI = feed inefficient beef steers. ADG, average daily gain; DMI, dry matter intake; BW, body weight; F: G, feed: gain ratio; SE, standard error of mean
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BMC Genomics

ISSN: 1471-2164

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