Book description
Feed Efficiency in the Beef Industry provides a thorough and
concise overview of feed efficiency in beef cattle. It frames the
great importance of feed efficiency to the industry and details the
latest findings of the many scientific disciplines that intersect and
aim to improve efficient and sustainable production of nutritious
beef. The vast majority of production costs are directly tied to feed.
With increased demand for grains to feed a rapidly increasing world
population and to supply a new demand for alternative fuels, feed
costs continue to increase. In recent years, the negative
environmental impacts of inefficient feeding have also been realized;
as such feed efficiency is an important factor in both economic
viability and environmental sustainability of cattle production.
Feed Efficiency in the Beef Industry covers a broad range of
topics ranging from economic evaluation of feed efficiency to the
physiological and genetic bases of efficient conversion of feed to
high quality beef. Chapters also look at how a fuller understanding of
feed efficiency is leading to new selective breeding efforts to
develop more efficient cattle.
With wide-ranging coverage from leading international researchers,
Feed Efficiency will be a valuable resource for producers who wish to
understand the complexities, challenges, and opportunities to reduce
their cost of production, for students studying the topic and for
researchers and professionals working in the beef industry.
Rodney A. Hill, Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences,
University of Idaho, leads the Growth Physiology program in the department.
