Article
In vivo prediction of internal fat weight in Scottish Blackface lambs, using computer tomography.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Apr 2006
Lambe N R, Conington J, McLean K A, Navajas E A, Fisher A V, Bünger L
Abstract excerpt
From a calibration trial involving computer tomography (CT) scanning and dissection of 45 lambs, a prediction equation was derived to estimate total internal fat weight in Scottish Blackface lambs from measurements taken on cross-sectional CT images. Using data from two cross-sectional images (at the hip and loin) internal fat can be predicted with relatively high accuracy (adjusted R(2) = 62.2%, r = 0.79). The...
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