Preliminary estimates of genetic parameters for carcass and meat quality traits in Australian sheep

Animal Production Science

Volumn 50, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1135-1144

  Mortimer, S I ^a   Van Der Werf, J H J ^b   Jacob, R H ^a,c   Pethick, D W ^a,d   Pearce, K L ^a,e   Warner, R D ^a,e   Geesink, G H ^a,f   Hocking Edwards, J E ^a,c   Gardner, G E ^a,g   Ponnampalam, E N ^a,e   Kitessa, S M ^a,h   Ball, A J ^a,c   Hopkins, D L ^a,i  

^a Sheep CRC   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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

^e MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^g SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^h CSIRO   (Australia)

ⁱ Industry and Investment NSW Primary Industries   (Australia)

Author keywords

fat; genetic correlations; heritability; meat colour; meat yield; tenderness.

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; COLOR MORPH; CORRELATION; FAT; HERITABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MEAT; MUSCLE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PH; SHEEP; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78649567779     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN10126     Document Type: Article

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