The investigation of ultrasound technology to measure breast muscle depth as a correlated trait to breast meat yield in turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3410-3417

  Case, L A ^a   Wood, B J ^b   Miller, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Hybrid Turkeys   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast meat yield; Genetic correlation; Heritability; Muscle depth; Turkeys; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHENOTYPE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEAT; MODELS, GENETIC; PECTORALIS MUSCLES; PHENOTYPE; TURKEYS;

EID: 84882711344     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2011-4822     Document Type: Article

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