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	Animal Production Science Volume 49 Number 5 & 6 2009 Genetics and Management to Improve Productivity in Australian Beef Herds

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pp. i-i

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Foreword to 'Genetics and Management to Improve Productivity in Australian Beef Herds'

Heather Burrow and Bill McKiernan

pp. iii-iv

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Genetics of steer daily and residual feed intake in two tropical beef genotypes, and relationships among intake, body composition, growth and other post-weaning measures

S. A. Barwick, M. L. Wolcott, D. J. Johnston, H. M. Burrow and M. T. Sullivan

pp. 351-366

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Genetics of heifer performance in 'wet' and 'dry' seasons and their relationships with steer performance in two tropical beef genotypes

S. A. Barwick, D. J. Johnston, H. M. Burrow, R. G. Holroyd, G. Fordyce, M. L. Wolcott, W. D. Sim and M. T. Sullivan

pp. 367-382

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Genetics of meat quality and carcass traits and the impact of tenderstretching in two tropical beef genotypes

M. L. Wolcott, D. J. Johnston, S. A. Barwick, C. L. Iker, J. M. Thompson and H. M. Burrow

pp. 383-398

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Genetics of heifer puberty in two tropical beef genotypes in northern Australia and associations with heifer- and steer-production traits

D. J. Johnston, S. A. Barwick, N. J. Corbet, G. Fordyce, R. G. Holroyd, P. J. Williams and H. M. Burrow

pp. 399-412

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Genetics of adaptive traits in heifers and their relationship to growth, pubertal and carcass traits in two tropical beef cattle genotypes

K. C. Prayaga, N. J. Corbet, D. J. Johnston, M. L. Wolcott, G. Fordyce and H. M. Burrow

pp. 413-425

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Brahman and Brahman crossbred cattle grown on pasture and in feedlots in subtropical and temperate Australia. 1. Carcass quality

K. M. Schutt, H. M. Burrow, J. M. Thompson and B. M. Bindon

pp. 426-438

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Brahman and Brahman crossbred cattle grown on pasture and in feedlots in subtropical and temperate Australia. 2. Meat quality and palatability

K. M. Schutt, H. M. Burrow, J. M. Thompson and B. M. Bindon

pp. 439-451

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Brahman and Brahman crossbred cattle grown on pasture and in feedlots in subtropical and temperate Australia. 3. Feed efficiency and feeding behaviour of feedlot-finished animals

K. M. Schutt, P. F. Arthur and H. M. Burrow

pp. 452-460

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Consequences of prenatal and preweaning growth for feedlot growth, intake and efficiency of Piedmontese- and Wagyu-sired cattle

L. M. Cafe, D. W. Hennessy, H. Hearnshaw, S. G. Morris and P. L. Greenwood

pp. 461-467

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Consequences of prenatal and preweaning growth for yield of beef primal cuts from 30-month-old Piedmontese- and Wagyu-sired cattle

P. L. Greenwood, L. M. Cafe, H. Hearnshaw, D. W. Hennessy and S. G. Morris

pp. 468-478

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Economic effects of nutritional constraints early in life of cattle

A. R. Alford, L. M. Cafe, P. L. Greenwood and G. R. Griffith

pp. 479-492

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Effect of postweaning growth and bulls selected for extremes in retail beef yield and intramuscular fat on progeny liveweight and carcass traits

J. F. Graham, J. Byron, A. J. Clark, G. Kearney and B. Orchard

pp. 493-503

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Effects of growth path, sire type, calving time and sex on growth and carcass characteristics of beef cattle in the agricultural area of Western Australia

B. L. McIntyre, G. D. Tudor, D. Read, W. Smart, T. J. Della Bosca, E. J. Speijers and B. Orchard

pp. 504-514

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Performance of steer progeny of sires differing in genetic potential for fatness and meat yield following post-weaning growth at different rates. 1. Growth and live-animal composition

J. F. Wilkins, W. A. McKiernan, J. Irwin, B. Orchard and S. A. Barwick

pp. 515-524

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Performance of steer progeny of sires differing in genetic potential for fatness and meat yield following postweaning growth at different rates. 2. Carcass traits

W. A. McKiernan, J. F. Wilkins, J. Irwin, B. Orchard and S. A. Barwick

pp. 525-534

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Economic effects of alternate growth path, time of calving and breed type combinations across southern Australian beef cattle environments: feedlot finishing at the New South Wales experimental site

B. L. Davies, A. R. Alford and G. R. Griffith

pp. 535-541

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Economic effects of alternate growth path, time of calving and breed type combinations across southern Australian beef cattle environments: industry-wide effects

G. R. Griffith

pp. 542-547

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