Using Australian Sheep Breeding Values to increase lean meat yield percentage

Animal Production Science

Volumn 50, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1098-1106

  Gardner, G E ^a,b   Williams, A ^a,b   Siddell, J ^a,c   Ball, A J ^a   Mortimer, S ^a,c   Jacob, R H ^a,d   Pearce, K L ^a,b   Hocking Edwards, J E ^a,e   Rowe, J B ^a   Pethick, D W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Industry and Investment NSW   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

lamb meat.

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; FAT; GENETIC VARIATION; MEAT; MUSCLE; SHEEP; WEANING; YIELD RESPONSE;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78649533855     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN10144     Document Type: Article

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