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Carcase development in three breeds of finishing suckled calves fed to grow at different rates of liveweight gain and slaughtered serially

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

J R Southgate ,
G L Cook  and
A J Kempster
J R Southgate
Affiliation:
Meat and Livestock Commission PO Box 44, Queensway House, Bletchley, MK2 2EF
G L Cook
Affiliation:
Meat and Livestock Commission PO Box 44, Queensway House, Bletchley, MK2 2EF
A J Kempster
Affiliation:
Meat and Livestock Commission PO Box 44, Queensway House, Bletchley, MK2 2EF
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The growth and carcase development of Angus -, Charolais -, Hereford - and Limousin cross yearling steers out of Hereford x Friesian cows, each fed to grow at three levels of daily gain during winter finishing and slaughtered at tree levels of estimated subcutaneous fat percentage (SFe) was investigated in a two year trial involving 240 animals (Table 1). Within each breed and year the two steers which had the extreme weights, and one of average weight were slaughtered at the start of the trial (ISG). The remaining 27 animals were allocated randomly amongst equal weight groups to the nine treatments.

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Beef Production
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1984 , March 1984 , pp. 46
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1984

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Southgate, J. R., Cook, G. L. and Kempster, A. J., Anim Prod (1982) 35 87–98 Google Scholar
Kempster, A. J., Cook, G. L. and Southgate, J. R., Anim Prod (1982) 35 99–111 Google Scholar