Article
Genetic parameters for meat quality traits of Australian lamb meat.
Meat science - 1 Feb 2014
Mortimer S I, van der Werf J H J, Jacob R H, Hopkins D L, Pannier L, Pearce K L, Gardner G E, Warner R D, Geesink G H, Edwards J E Hocking, Ponnampalam E N, Ball A J, Gilmour A R, Pethick D W
Abstract excerpt
Genetic parameters were estimated for a range of meat quality traits recorded on Australian lamb meat. Data were collected from Merino and crossbred progeny of Merino, terminal and maternal meat breed sires of the Information Nucleus programme. Lambs born between 2007 and 2010 (n=8968) were slaughtered, these being the progeny of 372 sires and 5309 dams. Meat quality traits were found generally to be of moderate...
Topics
- Adipose Tissue
- Animals
- Australia
- Body Weight
- Breeding
- Color
- Diet
- Dietary Fats
- Fatty Acids, Unsaturated
- Humans
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration