Carcass Composition Studies

Pork carcass composition: II. Use of indicator cuts for predicting carcass composition.

Right sides of 30 pork carcasses were fabricated into indicator cuts (Boston butt, picnic, anterior belly, posterior belly, anterior loin, posterior loin, and ham) and used to determine carcass composition by physical dissection and chemical analysis of soft tissue. Linear measures and chemical composition of whole-side grind were collected from left sides. Dissection of indicator cuts to predi...

Genetic Correlation Estimates for Lamb Carcass Composition

CRC for Sheep Industry Innovation and the University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351 NSW Department of Primary Industries, Trangie, NSW 2823 Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit*, University of New England Armidale, NSW 2351 Department of Agriculture and Food WA, South Perth, WA 6150 Department of Primary Industries, Werribee, Victoria 3030 Present address: Food and Nutritional Sciences, CSIRO,...

Factors Affecting Carcass Composition and Beef Quality

Manipulation of porcine carcass composition by ractopamine.

The effect of dietary ractopamine and protein level on growth performance, individual muscle weight and carcass composition of finishing pigs were evaluated in two experiments. Twelve barrows and 12 gilts (Exp. 1) and 32 barrows (Exp. 2) with an average initial weight of 64 kg were penned individually and offered ractopamine at 0 or 20 ppm in diets containing 13 or 17% CP in 2 x 2 factorial exp...

Breeding and Genetics: Milk and Carcass Composition

J. Anim. Sci. Vol. 88, E-Suppl. 2/J. Dairy Sci. Vol. 93, E-Suppl. 1/Poult. Sci. Vol. 89, E-Suppl. 1 784 Feasibility of a genetic evaluation for milk fatty acids in dairy cattle. H. Soyeurt*1,2, V. M.-R. Arnould1, S. Vanderick1, and N. Gengler1,2, 1University of Liege, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Animal Science Unit, Gembloux, Namur, Belgium, 2National Fund for Scientific Research, Brussels, Brussel...