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Prediction of body compostion of sheep from tritiated water space and body weight—tests of published equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

T. W. Searle
T. W. Searle
Affiliation:
C.S.I.R.O., Division of Animal Physiology, Ian Clunies Ross Animal Research Laboratory, Prospect, N.S.W. 2149, Australia
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Summary

The body composition of parasite-infected sheep and of healthy sheep of various body weights and breeding was predicted from tritiated water (TOH) space and body weight using previously published regression equations. Results agreed well with body composition determined by analysis of the minced carcass though a small bias existed in some groups. It is concluded that the equations have a general application to the prediction of body composition in sheep.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 75 , Issue 3 , December 1970 , pp. 497 - 500
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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