Genetic correlation estimates for lamb carcass composition

S I Mortimer; Andrew Swan; Alexander Ball; David L Hopkins; R H Jacob; R D Warner; K L Pearce; David W Pethick; Julius H Van Der Werf; J E Hocking Edwards; Geert Geesink; Graham E Gardner

Genetic correlation estimates for lamb carcass composition

S I Mortimer, Andrew Swan, Alexander Ball, David L Hopkins, R H Jacob, R D Warner, K L Pearce, David W Pethick, Julius H Van Der Werf, J E Hocking Edwards, Geert Geesink, Graham E Gardner

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Genetic correlations were estimated among lamb carcass composition traits recorded on progeny of the Information Nucleus program of the CRC for Sheep Industry Innovation. Genetic correlations among carcass muscle dimensions (depth, width and area) and muscle weights (loin, topside and round) were positive and generally moderate to strong, as were genetic correlations among carcass fat traits (at the 5th rib, GR and C sites and weight of trimmed loin fat). The eye muscle dimensions had weak genetic correlations with the fat traits and bone weight, whereas the fat traits had favourable moderate to strong genetic correlations with topside and round weights, plus hind leg bone weight. Use of index selection in a simple terminal sire breeding program based on live animal traits is expected to yield improvements in most carcass composition traits.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics
Editors	William Pattie
Place of Publication	Armidale, Australia
Publisher	Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG)
Pages	227-230
Volume	19
ISBN (Print)	9780646559155
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	AAABG 2011: 19th Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics - Perth, Australia Duration: 19 Jul 2011 → 21 Jul 2011

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Conference	AAABG 2011: 19th Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics
City	Perth, Australia
Period	19/07/11 → 21/07/11

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Mortimer, S. I., Swan, A., Ball, A., Hopkins, D. L., Jacob, R. H., Warner, R. D., Pearce, K. L., Pethick, D. W., Van Der Werf, J. H., Hocking Edwards, J. E., Geesink, G., & Gardner, G. E. (2011). Genetic correlation estimates for lamb carcass composition. In W. Pattie (Ed.), Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (Vol. 19, pp. 227-230). Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG). https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/9878

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Genetic correlation estimates for lamb carcass composition. / Mortimer, S I; Swan, Andrew; Ball, Alexander et al.
Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics. ed. / William Pattie. Vol. 19 Armidale, Australia: Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG), 2011. p. 227-230.

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