Difference between revisions of "Ultrasound intramuscular fat"
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| − | + | Percentage of intramuscular fat (% IMF) is correlated with USDA marbling score. A minimum of four independent images should be collected and the resulting % IMF predictions averaged for this trait. The % IMF measurement is made from an image that is collected across the 11th-13thribs (or 12th-13thribs) at a lateral position from the animal’s midline at a point three fourths of the distance from the medial end of the longissimus dorsi muscle. | |
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Revision as of 20:34, 9 December 2019
Phenotype
Percentage of intramuscular fat (% IMF) is correlated with USDA marbling score. A minimum of four independent images should be collected and the resulting % IMF predictions averaged for this trait. The % IMF measurement is made from an image that is collected across the 11th-13thribs (or 12th-13thribs) at a lateral position from the animal’s midline at a point three fourths of the distance from the medial end of the longissimus dorsi muscle.
