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Weaning, yearling, and preharvest ultrasound measures of fat and muscle area in steers, bulls, and heifers.
Journal of animal science - 1 Nov 2002
Crews D H, Shannon N H, Crews R E, Kemp R A
Abstract excerpt
Longissimus muscle area and fat thickness were measured following weaning, at yearling, and prior to harvest using real-time ultrasound, and corresponding carcass measurements were recorded 3 to 7 d following the preharvest scan in composite steers (n = 116, 447 +/- 19 d), bulls (n = 224, 521 +/- 11 d), and heifers (n = 257,532 +/- 12 d). Although fat deposition was limited in bulls and heifers from weaning to...
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