Development of Adjustment Factors for Backfat and Loin Muscle Area from Serial Real-Time Ultrasonic Measurements on Purebred Lines of Swine

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2008-2016

  Moeller, S J ^a,b   Christian, L L ^a   Goodwin, R N ^a,c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Pork Producers Council   (United States)

Author keywords

Backfat; Deposition; Pigs; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SWINE;

EID: 0032135462     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.7682008x     Document Type: Article

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