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A note on the use of a lumbar joint as a predictor of body fat depots in Aragonesa ewes with different body condition scores

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

R. Delfa ,
A. Teixeira  and
F. Colomer-Rocher
R. Delfa
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Production, Servicio de Investigación Agraria de la Diputación General de Aragón, Apartado 727 Zaragoza, Spain
A. Teixeira
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Production, Servicio de Investigación Agraria de la Diputación General de Aragón, Apartado 727 Zaragoza, Spain
F. Colomer-Rocher
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Production, Servicio de Investigación Agraria de la Diputación General de Aragón, Apartado 727 Zaragoza, Spain
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Abstract

The lumbar joint, which is handled to assess body condition scores, was taken from 52 adult Rasa Aragonesa ewes with body condition scores between 1·5 and 4·5 and dissected into muscle, bone, subcutaneous and intermuscular fat. The subcutaneous fat in the lumbar joint was highly correlated with total fat in the body (r=0·97), confirming the value of this region for assessing body condition in Rasa Aragonesa ewes.

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Animal Production , Volume 49 , Issue 2 , October 1989 , pp. 327 - 329
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1989

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