Patterns of carcass fat deposition in heifers, steers and bulls

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

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

• Seventy-five young, full-fed, Shorthorn-sired cattle (36 heifers, 24 steers, 15 bulls) were slaughtered over a wide liveweight range (150-550 kg) to evaluate the influence of sex on the patterns of fat deposition.

• Date created

  1979

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Fat deposition
  • Beef production
  • Carcass
  • Sex
  • Cattle

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3RJ48T56

• License

  © 1979 Berg, R.T., S.D.M. Jones, Price, M.A., R. Fukuhara, R.M. Butterfield and Hardin, 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.