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  2. Beef cattle - Wikipedia

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    On average, cattle will consume 1.4 to 4% of their body weight daily. [8] There is a range of types of feed available for these animals. The standard text in the United States, Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle, has been through eight editions over at least seventy years. [9]

  3. Residual feed intake - Wikipedia

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    This approach is based on regression models developed for determining efficiency of feed use for weight gain during a standardized growth trial in growing beef cattle. [3] It was inspired by Koch's observations of the differences in how a maintained body weight and an increasing body weight affect the feeding of cattle.

  4. Feed conversion ratio - Wikipedia

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    As of 2011 in the US, broiler chickens has an FCR of 1.6 based on body weight gain, and mature in 39 days. [25] At around the same time the FCR based on weight gain for broilers in Brazil was 1.8. [25] The global average in 2013 is around 2.0 for weight gain (live weight) and 2.8 for slaughtered meat (carcass weight). [26]

  5. Limousin cattle - Wikipedia

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    In addition to evaluations of growth and conformation in the live animals, carcases, including fat composition, are evaluated. The best bulls identified in progeny testing are formally given the award Young Beef Cattle (in French Viande Jeunes Bovins, abbreviated to JB). Female progeny go to a test station in Moussour in Corrèze, where they ...

  6. Expected progeny difference - Wikipedia

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    High birth weight is the biggest cause of difficulty in calving, so having a bull with a low birth weight EPD is high beneficial. [1] Weaning and yearling weight measure the amount of weight an offspring has gained by the time it is weaned and at the one year mark. Typically the weaning weight is measured at the 205-day mark and the yearling ...

  7. Holstein Friesian - Wikipedia

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    With the growth of the New ... calve for the first time between 21 and 24 months of age and 80% of adult body weight. ... describe heavy beef cattle, weighing from ...

  8. Cattle - Wikipedia

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    [8] [9] Cattle breeds vary widely in size; the tallest and heaviest is the Chianina, where a mature bull may be up to 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) at the shoulder, and may reach 1,280 kg (2,820 lb) in weight. [10] The natural life of domestic cattle is some 25–30 years. Beef cattle go to slaughter at around 18 months, and dairy cows at about five years.

  9. Charolais cattle - Wikipedia

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    The Charolais is the second-most numerous cattle breed in France after the Holstein Friesian and is the most common beef breed in that country, ahead of the Limousin.At the end of 2014, France had 4.22 million head of Charolais, including 1.56 million cows, down 0.6% from a year earlier.

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