Article
Evaluation of Simmental carcass EPD estimated using live and carcass data.
Journal of animal science - 1 Mar 2004
Crews D H, Pollak E J, Quaas R L
Abstract excerpt
This study was conducted to compare carcass EPD predicted using yearling live animal data and/or progeny carcass data, and to quantify the association between the carcass phenotype of progeny and the sire EPD. The live data model (L) included scan weight, ultrasound fat thickness, longissimus muscle area, and percentage of intramuscular fat from yearling (369 d of age) Simmental bulls and heifers. The carcass...
Topics
- Adipose Tissue
- Animals
- Body Composition
- Breeding
- Cattle
- Female
- Male
- Meat
- Models, Biological
- Models, Genetic
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Phenotype
