Article
Direct and maternal genetic effects for carcass traits in beef cattle.
Journal of animal science - 1 Dec 1992
DeRouen S M, Franke D E, Bidner T D, Blouin D C
Abstract excerpt
Carcass measurements were taken on 1,537 steers produced over four generations in a rotational crossbreeding study. Breed direct and maternal additive and heterotic genetic effects were estimated for hot carcass weight (HCWT), retail yield (RY), longissimus muscle area (LM), fat thickness (FT), marbling score (MS), and Warner-Bratzler shear force (WBS). Angus (A), Brahman (B), Charolais (C), and Hereford (H)...
Topics
- Adipose Tissue
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Breeding
- Cattle
- Crosses, Genetic
- Genetic Variation
- Hybrid Vigor
- Least-Squares Analysis
- Male
- Meat
- Muscles
