Gibson, J P, fl1981
Person
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
The options and prospects for genetically altering milk composition in dairy cattle, April 1987
Item
Identifier: Coll-1362/2/168
Scope and Contents
Located in I.A.P.G.R-E.R.S. Staff Papers 1987. Part 1 and Index.
Dates:
April 1987
Various graphs plotting food intake against time, together with document 'Feeding Frequency' by J.P. Gibson, 1978-1988
File
Identifier: EUA IN23/1/6/3/1/1/13
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:
1978-1988
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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- Animal Genetics 11
- Milk Yield 5
- Animal feeding 4
- Cattle 4
- Dairy cattle 4