Article
Prediction of slaughter cow composition using live animal and carcass traits.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jun 1998
O'Mara F M, Williams S E, Tatum J D, Hilton G G, Pringle T D, Wise J W, Williams F L
Abstract excerpt
Slaughter cows (n = 120), representing four genotypes (British, continental, Bos indicus, and dairy) and three body condition classes (thin, moderate, and fat), n = 10 per subclass, were used to identify practical and accurate prediction equations for the yield of boneless manufacturing beef of s...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Composition
- Cattle
- Female
- Genotype
- Meat
- Models, Biological
- Regression Analysis