Relationships between lamb carcass quality traits measured by X-ray computed tomography and current UK hill sheep breeding goals
Genetic parameters were estimated between current UK hill sheep breeding goals and lamb carcass composition and muscularity traits derived using X-ray computed tomography (CT). To produce these estimates, a total of 648 lambs from two hill farms were CT scanned at weaning (ca 120 days of age), over...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2008-01-01
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Series: | Animal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731107001061 |