A note on the body composition of a double-muscled female and a normal female from a linebred Aberdeen Angus herd
- 1 February 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Animal Science
- Vol. 11 (1) , 111-114
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003356100026684
Abstract
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.Keywords
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