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Body tissue changes in Scottish Blackface ewes during one annual production cycle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

N. R. Lambe ,
M. J. Young ,
J. Conington ,
R.M. Lewis ,
G. Simm  and
S. C. Bishop
N. R. Lambe
Affiliation:
Scottish Agricultural College, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH9 3JG
M. J. Young
Affiliation:
Scottish Agricultural College, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH9 3JG
J. Conington
Affiliation:
Scottish Agricultural College, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH9 3JG
R.M. Lewis
Affiliation:
Scottish Agricultural College, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH9 3JG
G. Simm
Affiliation:
Scottish Agricultural College, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH9 3JG
S. C. Bishop
Affiliation:
Scottish Agricultural College, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH9 3JG Roslin Institute (Edinburgh), Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland, EH25 9PS
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Fat and muscle reserves are mobilised during winter by breeding hill ewes, living in harsh environments, as they conceive and carry their lambs (Russel et al., 1968). Tissue depletion and repletion were studied in Scottish Blackface ewes through one productive cycle using computed tomography (CT). The aim was to use this nondestructive method to quantify patterns of change in carcass fat, carcass muscle and internal fat in ewes of differing age and reproductive status.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2001 , 2001 , pp. 51
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2001

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