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Genetic analysis of carcass traits of steers adjusted to age, weight, or fat thickness slaughter endpoints.
Journal of animal science - 1 Apr 2005
Ríos-Utrera A, Cundiff L V, Gregory K E, Koch R M, Dikeman M E, Koohmaraie M, Van Vleck L D
Abstract excerpt
Carcass measurements from 1,664 steers from the Germ Plasm Utilization project at U.S. Meat Animal Research Center were used to estimate heritabilities (h(2)) of, and genetic correlations (r(g)) among, 14 carcass traits adjusted to different endpoints (age, carcass weight, and fat thickness): HCW (kg), dressing percent (DP), adjusted fat thickness (AFT, cm), LM area (LMA, cm(2)), KPH (%), marbling score (MS),...
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