Article
Body dimensions and carcass measurements of cattle selected for postweaning gain fed two different diets.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jul 1993
Gilbert R P, Bailey D R, Shannon N H
Abstract excerpt
Genetic and phenotypic parameters among nine body dimensions and two measures of growth rate were estimated from measurements on 709 Angus and Hereford bulls and heifers born in 1984 and 1985. Height and width at hips, height at withers, body length, girth, head length and width, muzzle width, an...
Topics
- Animals
- Breeding
- Cattle
- Female
- Genotype
- Least-Squares Analysis
- Male
- Meat
- Phenotype
- Regression Analysis
- Selection, Genetic
- Weaning
- Weight Gain