Katie M Wood

44. A Benchmark Study of Feeding and Management Practices, Feed Utilization, and Adoption of Growth-enhancing Technologies by the Canadian Feedlot Industry.

Abstract The Canadian feedlot industry is exceptionally diverse, in both operational practices and feeding management. Previous Canadian feedlot industry surveys lacked detailed information on feed ingredient usage, feeding management, and the use of growth and health enhancing t...

52. Transferability of Methane Emission SNP Effects from Dairy to Beef Cattle Populations.

Abstract Transferring single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) effects across cattle breeds has often proven to be unreliable for a range of traits, even when using higher-density SNP panels. However, methane production (MeP) may exhibit greater portability across breeds because it h...