Relationships of carcass conformation of cattle and sheep with
carcass composition
J.J. Bass, D.L. Johnson, E.G. Woods and R.W. Moore
Ruakura Animal Research Station, Hamilton and Whatawhata Hill
Country Research Station, Hamilton
Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production.
1982, 42: 125-126
Objective measurements in cattle accounted for a significant
percentage of the variation of hindquarter muscle weight after
adjustment for weight of hindquarter and within the N.Z. export P grade.
The conformation measurements on lamb accounted for only a small
percentage of the variation of the weight of muscle and fat-free frozen
carcass weight. Objective conformation measurements in cattle may be of
use in a grading system unlike the conformation measurements taken in
sheep.
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