Genetic Parameter Estimates of Live Animal Ultrasonic Measures of Retail Yield Indicators in Yearling Breeding Cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 761-768

  Shepard, H H ^a   Green, R D ^a,b   Golden, B L ^b   Hamlin, K E ^a   Perkins, T L ^a   Diles, J B ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Genetic Parameters; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; MALE; MEAT; MODELS, GENETIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEBRASKA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030124309     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.744761x     Document Type: Article

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