@article{Lusk:8641,
      recid = {8641},
      author = {Lusk, Jayson L.},
      title = {Economic Value of Selecting and Marketing Cattle by Leptin  Genotype},
      journal = {Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics},
      address = {2007-08},
      number = {1835-2016-149220},
      pages = {24},
      year = {2007},
      abstract = {Recent research has identified genetic diversity in the  ability of animals to manufacture and recognize leptin, a  protein that regulated appetite and weight. This paper  determines the economic value of using information on  leptin genotype to select and manage beef cattle. Results  reveal that the economic value of using genotypic  information to sort cattle by optimal endpoint is only  about $2/head for steers and $1/head for heifers; however,  the value of using genotypic information to optimally  select and feed only certain genotypes is $23/head for  steers and $28/head for heifers. The difference in per head  profit between the best and worst performing genotype is  over $28 on the date the cattle were actually marketed and  increases to $60 if each genotype is optimally marketed.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/8641},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.8641},
}