Selection for carcass and feedlot traits considering alternative slaughter end points and optimized management.

doi:10.2527/1996.74137x

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Selection for carcass and feedlot traits considering alternative slaughter end points and optimized management.

Journal of animal science - 1 Jan 1996

Wilton J W, Goddard M E

Abstract excerpt

Profit was defined as a function of the genotype of animals and variables controlled by management. Alternative parameterizations of management variables were examined to compare the effect of controlling age at slaughter, weight at slaughter, or fat depth at slaughter. The various parameterizati...

Topics

Abattoirs
Aging
Animal Husbandry
Animals
Australia
Body Composition
Body Weight
Cattle
Decision Making, Organizational
Female
Genotype
Male
Meat
Phenotype
Selection, Genetic

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