After longitudinal division of the carcass, they were weighed to obtain the hot carcass weight (HCW), and from this value and the slaughter live body weight, the carcass yield (CY) was calculated. After a 24-hour period, a cross-sectional cut was made on the left half carcass between the...
6 to omega-3 fatty acids was always higher in feedlot-fed cattle at the end of the grazing season, but in 2013, when all cattle were nearing slaughter weight, the omega-6 to omega-3 ratio was 50% higher for feedlot-fed than for BFT-fed cattle and double that of grass-fed cattle. ...
Eleven bulls were fattened for 293 days with three different diets (7.0, 7.4, 7.5MJ net energy for growth kg -1 dry matter) at PCB background levels, until slaughter at 530 or 600kg body weight. Feed and perirenal adipose tissue were sampled for PCB analyses via GC/HRMS and carcass ...
We quantify the impact and find sale type, cattle weight, seasonality, ground beef prices, by-product values, and fed cattle slaughter capacity utilization to be important basis determinants, although the impact of some of these factors has changed over time. Finally, we assess ...
News: 150 days from birth is the average time you need to sell your pigs for slaughter and it is about 85 kgs on average.The NIRD-CVL mastitis control method. Pages 24-39 in Mastitis Control and Herd Management,Tech. system, from the Dutch electronics and management systems company ...