The relationship between various live animal scores/measurements and carcass classification for conformation and fatness with meat yield and distribution, and ultimate carcass value.
End of Project Reportthe primary objectives of the following study were to:
(1) determine the relationship of live animal muscular and skeletal scores, ultrasonically scanned muscle
and fat depth measurements of the m. longissimus dorsi, and carcass conformation and fat scores with
kill-out proportion, carcass composition and value.
(2) Specifically develop and test the accuracy of prediction equations for carcass meat, fat and bone
proportions, derived from carcass conformation and fat scores, and develop prediction equations for
total carcass composition from hind-quarter composition
