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A note on the body composition of a double-muscled female and a normal female from a linebred Aberdeen Angus herd

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

W. C. Rollins ,
L. M. Julian  and
F. D. Carroll
W. C. Rollins
Affiliation:
University of California, Davis, California, U.S.A.
L. M. Julian
Affiliation:
University of California, Davis, California, U.S.A.
F. D. Carroll
Affiliation:
University of California, Davis, California, U.S.A.
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Summary

Body composition of a pair of related double-muscled and normal Aberdeen Angus females was analysed. The following ratios of weights of body components of the double-muscled individual to the normal were found: empty body, 1·0; carcass, 1·1; total muscle, 1·4; carcass fat, 0·7; offal fat, 0·9; viscera, 0·9; hide, 0·8; ash (in carcass), 1·0. The data supported an hypothesis of generalized muscular hypertrophy. The empty body weight of the normal female was 474 kg.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , February 1969 , pp. 111 - 114
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1969

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