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2003; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 03-272-S; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 908; Beef; Body condition score (BCS); Carcass traits; Limousin cattle
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Genetic Relationships Of Body Condition Score With Carcass Traits In Limousin Cattle (2003), D.R. Eborn, Daniel W. Moser
Genetic Relationships Of Body Condition Score With Carcass Traits In Limousin Cattle (2003), D.R. Eborn, Daniel W. Moser
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Field data from the North American Limousin Federation was used to determine the heritability and genetic correlations of body condition score (BCS) with carcass traits. Carcass traits included carcass weight, ribeye area, fat thickness, intramuscular fat, and % kidney, pelvic, and heart fat, and all were estimated to be lowly to moderately heritable (0.14 to 0.34). Heritability of BCS was 0.19. Favorable correlations existed between ribeye area and carcass weight (0.50), ribeye area and BCS (0.60), and carcass weight and BCS (0.28). Unfavorable correlations existed among ribeye area and intramuscular fat (-0.40), carcass weight and intramuscular fat (-0.23), and intramuscular …