Effects of breed and sex on the relative growth and distribution of bone in cattle

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Price, M. A.
  • Berg, R. T.
  • Jones, S. D. M.

• The relative growth and distribution of bone from 256 bovine carcasses were compared among three breed-types (British, up to 30% Charolais and 30-50% Charolais) and three \"sexes\" (heifers, steers and bulls) over a wide range in carcass weight.

• Date created

  1978

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Bone growth
  • Carcass
  • Cattle
  • Beef production

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3ST7DZ89

• License

  © 1978 Jones, S. D. M., Price, M. A., Berg, R. T. This version of this article is open access and can be downloaded and shared. The original author(s) and source must be cited.