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Body Composition Changes In Bulls From Weaning To Yearling Part I — Muscle, Waste Fat And Taste Fat Deposition, Gene H. Rouse, Doyle E. Wilson, Richard G. Tait Jr., Mike Anderson, Abebe T. Hassen
Body Composition Changes In Bulls From Weaning To Yearling Part I — Muscle, Waste Fat And Taste Fat Deposition, Gene H. Rouse, Doyle E. Wilson, Richard G. Tait Jr., Mike Anderson, Abebe T. Hassen
Richard G. Tait Jr.
These results suggest how muscle, subcutaneous fat and intramuscular fat are deposited from weaning to yearling. How might these results be explained?
- Tissue maturity —muscle matures earlier than fat in the growth process and has nutrient priority over fat when muscle is making maximum growth. Cattle normally make maximum growth, rate/day, when muscle is being deposited at the maximum rate. Why? Muscle has a much higher water content than fat, therefore, it requires less nutrients to deposit a pound of muscle then a pound of fat.
- 10-1 Concept—during the fattening process, 10 pounds of waste fat (subcutaneous, seam and internal …