Evaluation of Growth-Based Predictions of Carcass Fat and Marbling at Slaughter Using Ultrasound Measurements

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 434-442

  Rhoades, R D ^a   Ponce, C H ^a   Smith, S B ^a   Herring, A D ^a   Tedeschi, L O ^a   Lunt, D K ^a,b   Dean, D T ^a   Ribeiro, F R ^a   Choi, C W ^c   Riley, D G ^d   Sawyer, J E ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas AgriLife Research McGregor Center   (United States)

^c National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Fat thickness; Growth; Marbling; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866094316     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)30743-9     Document Type: Article

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