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Lifecycle Efficiency Of Mice Divergently Selected For Heat Loss, Adrienne Bhatnagar
Lifecycle Efficiency Of Mice Divergently Selected For Heat Loss, Adrienne Bhatnagar
Department of Animal Science: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Divergent selection for heat loss as an indication of maintenance energy requirements in mice resulted in a low (ML) and high maintenance line (MH), and an intermediate control line (MC). Improved feed efficiency has been observed in ML mice, which would be economically beneficial in livestock species. However, previous work showed evidence of unfavorable correlated responses to selection in ML mice compared to MH mice. Therefore, the objective of this study was to model a lifecycle similar to a livestock production system using these lines and determine if these correlated responses diminish the benefit of improved feed efficiency by calculating …