Shaw, R A, fl1978
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
A time-controlled feeding system for cattle, 1978
Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/1/643
Scope and Contents
Located in A.B.R.O. Reprints 1978. Volume 12 of 19.
Dates:
1978
Various annotated typescript drafts of the paper 'A time-controlled feeding system for cattle' by R.A. Shaw, 1978
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Identifier: EUA IN23/1/6/3/1/1/11
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Six cattle breeds with different body sizes and milk yields were compared for growth and food intake in a time-controlled feeding system. The breeds were South Devon, British Friesian x Charolais, British Friesian, Hereford, Aberdeen Angus and Jersey. The feeding system used electronic feeding gates activated by time clocks to give six meals a day of differing lengths. The experiment was intended to investigate possible relationships between the mature size of a breed and the traits...
Dates:
1978
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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Records of Roslin Institute and predecessor institutions
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Records of the Animal Breeding Research Organisation (ABRO)
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Research
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Papers of St. Clair Taylor
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Papers relating to experiments
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Papers relating to 'The genetics of performance on restricted feeding' (Project 04003)
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