Use of ultrasonics in swine improvement
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"Today's swine producer must produce pork that is highly acceptable to consumers yet within a cost that permits a profit. Ultrasonics allows objective measurement of back fat and loin-eye area, two traits that recent research has shown to have a close relationship to total red meat in an animal. Progressive swine breeders consider these two highly inherit- able carcass traits in their selection programs to increase the red meat portion of animals. Ultrasonics will aid future development and improvement of swine herds by helping producers identify exceptional animals to go into the breeding herd. Knowing the perfor- mance and traits of individual animals is important since back fat and loin-eye area vary considerably among litter mates. In fact, measurements from the sire himself are as good a basis for evaluation of the sire as are carcass measurements from 20 of his offspring. Accuracy of results with ultrasonics depends on the technician's knowledge of the animal's anatomy ."--First page.
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