Relationships Between Body Measurements Obtained on Yearling Brangus Bulls and Measures of Carcass Merit Obtained from Their Steer Clone-Mates

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 244-249

  Diles, J J B ^a,c   Green, R D ^b   Shepard, H H ^a   Mathiews, G L ^b   Hughes, L J ^a   Miller, M F ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c He2 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Genetic correlation; Retail yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144390234     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)32530-4     Document Type: Article

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