Gluteus medius and rump fat depths as additional live animal ultrasound measurements for predicting retail product and trimmable fat in beef carcasses

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1378-1385

  Realini, C E ^a   Williams, R E ^a,b   Pringle, T D ^a   Bertrand, J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Amer Intl Charolais Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef carcass; Composition; Fat; Muscling; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; ECHOGRAPHY; MALE; MEAT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035375557     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2001.7961378x     Document Type: Article

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