The first Feed-a-Gene Book of Abstracts is available

The Feed-a-Gene Book of Abstracts 2016-2017 is available! It contains 11 abstracts of communications, scientific papers and book chapters written between March 2015 and April 2017 by researchers affiliated with the Feed-a-Gene project.

List of abstracts:

• Using collective feed intake data to select for feed efficiency on full or restricted feeding regimen
• Alternative consideration of social genetic effects models in Duroc pigs
• Unravelling the effects of restricted and ad libitum diets on intestinal microbiota in rabbits
• Mejora de la eficiencia alimentaria de gazapos criados en grupos e interacción entre el genotipo y el régimen
• The quantitative principles of animal growth
• Conceptual model of digestion for pigs and poultry and its factors of variation
• Application of models in precision livestock farming
• Characterization of growing pigs’ adaptive response when faced with environmental perturbations
• Modulating birth weight heritability in mice
• Gompertz model improves breeding value prediction for feed conversion ratio for incomplete weights
• How to improve breeding value prediction for feed conversion ratio in the case of incomplete longitudinal body weights