2003•Proceedings of the British Society of Animal ScienceRequires access
Ultrasonography as a predicting tool for carcass traits of young Nellore crossbred bulls in a feedlot system
Liliane Suguisawa, Henrique Nunes de Oliveira, Wilson Roberto Soares Mattos, Ademária Aparecida de Souza, Mário De Beni Arrigoni, Antônio Carlos Silveira
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Abstract
Ultrasound technology provides a oportunity to quickly and economically estimate carcass atributes on the live animal (Brethour, 2000). In general, this technology has been used to detect variation for fat depth and ribeye area (longissimus dorsi muscle) in performance tested yearling bulls at several countries. In the present study, real time ultrasonography was used to predict the ribeye area (RA) and the subcutaneous fat thickness (FT) in Nellore crossbred.