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. ...
Traits analyzed in this study were average daily gain (ADG) during the fattening period, live weight at slaughter (LW), cold carcass weight (CW), estimated lean yield percentage (LYE), longissimus muscle area (LMA), subcutaneous fat thickness (SFT), rib thickness (RT), and marbling score ...
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 ...