Use of Real-Time Ultrasound to Evaluate Live Animal Carcass Traits in Young Performance-Tested Beef Bulls

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2300-2307

  Bergen, R D ^a   McKinnon, J J ^a   Christensen, D A ^a   Kohle, N ^b   Belanger, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Government of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef Bulls; Carcass Composition; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; ECHOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031230083     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.7592300x     Document Type: Article

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