A note on the determination of the age of cattle at slaughter by visual assessment of the stage of ossification of bones in sides of beef
- 1 June 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Animal Science
- Vol. 14 (3) , 371-373
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003356100011120
Abstract
SUMMARY The stage of ossification of various, normally visible, bones were examined by two independent observers on 134 sides of beef from cattle of known dates of birth. These examinations failed to produce sufficiently consistent values to allow the ages of these cattle at slaughter to be determined from their skeletal characteristics within an accuracy of 3 months.Keywords
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