Cattle Trait Details: Feed conversion ratio

QTLdb Trait Hierarchy

Trait Class:	Production
Trait Type:	Feed conversion
Trait Name:	Feed conversion ratio
Trait ID:	1163
Abbreviation:	FCR
Custom Name:	n/a
Related / Reported traits: (Figures in parenthesis are the number of data associated with)	Feed conversion ratio (39) // Feed conversion ratio (86)
Description:	Feed conversion ratio is a measure of an animal's efficiency in converting feed mass into increased body mass or increased milk production.
Measurement:	FCR is the mass of the food eaten divided by the body mass gain (or milk produced), all over a specified period of time
Scale/Unit:	n/a
Comments:	n/a

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