Subjective assessment of body fat in live sheep

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Authors

A. J. F. Russel · Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria

J. M. Doney · Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria

R. G. Gunn · Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria

Abstract

SUMMARY Subjectively assessed body condition scores, determined on the live animal, were related to the percentages of chemical fat in the fleece-free empty bodies of 30 adult Scottish Blackface ewes. The results show that body condition scores can provide an acceptable and useful estimate of the proportion of fat in the live animal, and that the level of prediction is superior to that afforded by live weight.

Topics & Keywords

Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Reproductive Physiology in Livestock

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: The Journal of Agricultural Science

Volume 72, Issue 3, pp. 451-454

DOI: 10.1017/s0021859600024874

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