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PROCEEDINGS - American Society of Animal Science

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Table 2. Mean (SE) carcass performance for bulls classified as low (0.5 SD; n=41; RFI=0.887 kg/d) based upon<br />

individual residual feed intake (RFI) values.<br />

RFI Group<br />

Characteristic Low Marginal High P-value<br />

Ultrasound Ribeye 14.092 (0.193) 14.247 (0.144) 13.766 (0.183) 0.116<br />

Area<br />

Ultrasound Back Fat 0.366 (0.0151) 0.354 (0.0085) 0.373 (0.0133) 0.483<br />

Ultrasound Percent<br />

Intramuscular Fat<br />

4.892 (0.183) 4.835 (0.133) 4.963 (0.137) 0.818<br />

Table 3. Mean (SE) carcass character EPDs for bulls classified as low (0.5 SD; n=41; RFI=0.887 kg/d) based upon<br />

individual residual feed intake (RFI) values.<br />

RFI Group<br />

EPD Low Marginal High P-value<br />

Ultrasound Ribeye 0.243 (0.029) 0.267 (0.024) 0.211 (0.029) 0.320<br />

Area<br />

Ultrasound Back Fat 0.006 (0.002) 0.005 (0.002) 0.007 (0.002) 0.614<br />

Ultrasound Percent<br />

Intramuscular Fat<br />

0.177 (0.036) 0.145 (0.023) 0.149 (0.028) 0.705<br />

Table 4. Pearson correlations <strong>of</strong> residual feed intake (RFI)<br />

with performance traits in bulls.<br />

Trait RFI (kg/d) P-value<br />

Initial Weight (kg) -0.012 0.891<br />

End Weight (kg) -0.044 0.613<br />

Average Daily Gain 0.000 1.000<br />

Midtest Metabolic Weight (kg) 0.000 1.000<br />

DMI (kg/d) 0.702 0.000<br />

Feed Conversion Ratio (feed/gain) 0.490 0.000<br />

Partial Efficiency <strong>of</strong> Growth<br />

-0.898 0.000<br />

(PEG; ADG/DMI for growth)<br />

Ultrasound Ribeye Area (REA) -0.125 0.146<br />

Ultrasound Back Fat 0.000 1.000<br />

Ultrasound Percent Intramuscular Fat (PIMF) 0.037 0.670<br />

REA EPD -0.090 0.299<br />

PIMF EPD -0.053 0.538<br />

Back Fat EPD -0.002 0.979<br />

1 Funded in part by the California State University Agricultural Research Initiative and Snyder Livestock Company, Inc.

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