Article
Genotype and treatment biases in estimation of carcass lean of swine.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jun 1992
Gu Y, Schinckel A P, Martin T G, Forrest J C, Kuei C H, Watkins L E
Abstract excerpt
Carcasses of 181 barrows, representing five genotypes, 1) H x HD, 2) SYN, 3) HD x L[YD], 4) L x YD, and 5) Y x L (H = Hampshire, D = Duroc, SYN = synthetic terminal sire line, L = Landrace, and Y = Yorkshire), and two levels of ractopamine (RAC) treatment (0 and 20 ppm) were completely dissected and the data were used to examine genotype and treatment (RAC) biases in estimation of fat-standardized lean weight and...
Topics
- Adipose Tissue
- Animals
- Bias
- Body Composition
- Breeding
- Genotype
- Growth Substances
- Male
- Muscles
- Phenethylamines
- Regression Analysis
- Swine
