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An evaluation of the economic effects of bovine respiratory disease on animal performance, carcass traits and economic outcomes in feedlot cattle defined using four BRD diagnosis methods.

Journal of Animal Science, 2020
Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) causes significant economic losses to the feedlot industry due to decreased production and increased costs associated with treatment.
C. Blakebrough-Hall, J. McMeniman, Luciano A González   +2 more
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Effect of stress during slaughter on carcass characteristics and meat quality in tropical beef cattle

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2020
Objective This study aimed to determine the effects of stress during slaughter of beef cattle on physiological parameters, carcass, and meat quality at a Federal Inspection Type slaughterhouse located in the southeast of Mexico.
A. Carrasco-García, Violeta T. Pardío-Sedas, Gloria G León-Banda, Concepción Ahuja-Aguirre, P. Paredes-Ramos, Bertha Hernandez-Cruz, V. V. Murillo   +6 more
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Genome-wide association study reveals novel loci associated with body size and carcass yields in Pekin ducks

BMC Genomics, 2019
Pekin duck products have become popular in Asia over recent decades and account for an increasing market share. However, the genetic mechanisms affecting carcass growth in Pekin ducks remain unknown.
M. Deng, F. Zhu, Yu-ze Yang, Fang-Xi Yang, J. Hao, Sijie Chen, Z. Hou   +6 more
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Reaffirmation of known major genes and the identification of novel candidate genes associated with carcass-related metrics based on whole genome sequence within a large multi-breed cattle population

BMC Genomics, 2019
The high narrow sense heritability of carcass traits suggests that the underlying additive genetic potential of an individual should be strongly correlated with both animal carcass quality and quantity, and therefore, by extension, carcass value ...
D. Purfield, R. Evans, D. Berry
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Using 3D Imaging and Machine Learning to Predict Liveweight and Carcass Characteristics of Live Finishing Beef Cattle

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2019
Selection of finishing beef cattle for slaughter and evaluation of performance is currently achieved through visual assessment and/or by weighing through a crush.
G. Miller, J. Hyslop, D. Barclay, A. Edwards, Willie Thomson, C. Duthie   +5 more
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Carcass and meat quality of dual‐purpose chickens (Lohmann Dual, Belgian Malines, Schweizerhuhn) in comparison to broiler and layer chicken types

Poultry Science, 2018
Currently, there is an intensive ethical discussion about the practice of culling day‐old layer cockerels. One solution to avoid this practice could be using dual‐purpose types, where males are fattened for meat and females used for egg production.
S. Mueller, M. Kreuzer, Michael Siegrist, K. Mannale, R. Messikommer, I. Gangnat   +5 more
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The digestive and defensive basis of carcass utilization by the burying beetle and its microbiota

Nature Communications, 2017
Insects that use ephemeral resources must rapidly digest nutrients and simultaneously protect them from competitors. Here we use burying beetles (Nicrophorus vespilloides), which feed their offspring on vertebrate carrion, to investigate the digestive ...
H. Vogel, S. Shukla, T. Engl, Benjamin Weiss, R. Fischer, Sandra Steiger, D. Heckel, Martin Kaltenpoth, A. Vilcinskas   +8 more
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Development of genomic predictions for harvest and carcass weight in channel catfish

Genetics Selection Evolution, 2018
Catfish farming is the largest segment of US aquaculture and research is ongoing to improve production efficiency, including genetic selection programs to improve economically important traits.
A. Garcia, B. Bosworth, G. Waldbieser, I. Misztal, S. Tsuruta, D. Lourenco   +5 more
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Predictive performance of genomic selection methods for carcass traits in Hanwoo beef cattle: impacts of the genetic architecture

Genetics Selection Evolution, 2017
BackgroundHanwoo beef is known for its marbled fat, tenderness, juiciness and characteristic flavor, as well as for its low cholesterol and high omega 3 fatty acid contents.
H. Mehrban, D. Lee, M. Moradi, Chung IlCho, Masoumeh Naserkheil, N. Ibáñez-Escriche   +5 more
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Evaluation of a Product Derived from Porcine Plasma Protein and a Yeast Product with Similar Biological Activity in Diets of Growing Broilers

Animals, 2021
The post-hatch period of a broiler is an integral point in their development and for the programming of musculoskeletal and immune cells. Therefore, the efficacy of two bioactive protein products, betaGRO® (BG) and celluTEIN® (CT) to impact post-hatch ...
Park Waldroup, Mathew Vaughn, James McNaughton   +2 more
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