A review of morphological characteristics relating to the production and reproduction of fat-tailed sheep breeds

AF Pourlis - Tropical Animal Health and Production, 2011 - Springer
The purpose of this study is to survey the literature pertinent to some morphological traits
which are related with the production and reproduction of fat-tailed sheep breeds. The fat …

Advances in sheep and goat meat products research

A Teixeira, S Silva, S Rodrigues - Advances in Food and Nutrition …, 2019 - Elsevier
The main goal of this chapter was to review the state of the art in the recent advances in
sheep and goat meat products research. Research and innovation have been playing an …

[HTML][HTML] Extruded urea could replace true protein source in supplements for lambs finished in tropical pastures

MN Bonin, C Ítavo, LCV Ítavo, MNB Gomes… - Arquivo Brasileiro de …, 2023 - SciELO Brasil
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of replacing 50% of the true protein from
soybean meal with extruded urea on the performance and carcass characteristics of lambs …

Relationship of ultrasound measurements and carcass traits in Pelibuey ewes.

E Aguilar-Hernández, AJ Chay-Canul… - JAPS: Journal of …, 2016 - search.ebscohost.com
Twenty Pelibuey ewes were used to assess the relationship between ultrasound
measurements (USM) and carcass traits. Animals were slaughtered, and the left half of each …

Use of ultrasonographic examination for in vivo evaluation of body composition and for prediction of carcass quality of sheep

SR Silva - Small Ruminant Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Since the first use in examination of soft tissue in 1950, the ultrasound technique has had an
enormous success as an excellent diagnostic tool for the medical field. As a consequence of …

Predictability of carcass traits in live Tan sheep by real‐time ultrasound technology with least‐squares support vector machines

N Fan, G Liu, C Zhang, J Zhang, J Yu… - Animal Science …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study aimed to investigate the performance of least‐squares support vector machines to
predict carcass characteristics in Tan sheep using noninvasive in vivo measurements. A …

The use of ultrasound As a fat measurement sensor for the food industry: A review

MHA Halim, N Buniyamin, MAM Shari… - 2013 IEEE …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The involvement of ultrasound technology in the food industry started approximately 60
years ago when it was introduced as a non-invasive fat detection sensor for meat grading …

Prediction of carcass traits in fattening Chios and Serres lambs using real-time ultrasonography and live body weight measurements pre-slaughter

M Lagonikou, E Tsimpouri, DE Gelasakis, E Denezi… - Meat Science, 2024 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to assess the capability of predicting carcass traits and meat
cuts weights, in fattening lambs of indigenous Greek dairy sheep breeds, using ultrasound …

Simultaneously prediction of sheep and goat carcass composition and body fat depots using in vivo ultrasound measurements and live weight

LG Dias, SR Silva, A Teixeira - Research in Veterinary Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study established multiple linear regression models using two ultrasound in
vivo measurements (at lumbar and sternal regions, with different real-time ultrasonography …

Accuracy of real-time ultrasonography in assessing carcass traits in Torki-Ghashghaii sheep

SM Hosseini Vardanjani… - Journal of …, 2014 - jast.modares.ac.ir
The possibility of in vivo carcass trait prediction using the ultrasound measurements
obtained between 12th and 13th ribs was studied. Attention was paid to several carcass …