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Phenotypic characterization of Rambouillet sheep expressing the callipyge gene: II. Carcass characteristics and retail yield.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jan 1997
Jackson S P, Miller M F, Green R D
Abstract excerpt
Paternal half-sibling Rambouillet ram lambs (n = 18) representing two muscle phenotypes were slaughtered at 54.5 kg to evaluate carcass characteristics and composition. Lambs were produced from a sire that was heterozygous for the callipyge gene. Carcasses were broken into wholesale and retail cu...
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