The relationship between ultrasound measurements and carcass fat thickness and longissimus muscle area in beef cattle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 676-682

  Greiner, S P ^a,c   Rouse, G H ^a   Wilson, D E ^a   Cundiff, L V ^b   Wheeler, T L ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Beef Cattle; Carcass Composition; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0037931885     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2003.813676x     Document Type: Article

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