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The effects of physiological state on the carcass composition of continental heifers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

D.C. Patterson ,
R.W.J. Steen  and
C A Moore
D.C. Patterson
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down BT26 6DR, UK
R.W.J. Steen
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Institute of Northern Ireland, Hillsborough, Co. Down BT26 6DR, UK
C A Moore
Affiliation:
Greenmount College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Greenmount Road, Antrim, Co. Antrim BT41 4PU, UK
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Several studies have investigated once-bred heifers as a means of improving the efficiency of beef production. In these studies, when compared with unbred heifers, the observed carcass effects were usually associated with simultaneous changes in several factors namely: diet composition, plane of nutrition, carcass weight and age at slaughter. The present study aimed to examine the effects of reproductive state on carcass weight and carcass composition, with bred and unbred heifers grown at equal rates of carcass gain on diets of equal composition.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1999 , 1999 , pp. 51
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1999

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