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Annual depletion and repletion of carcass fat depots in Scottish Blackface ewes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

T. Kvame ,
M.J. Young ,
K. Kolstad ,
N.R. Lambe ,
J. Conington  and
G. Simm
T. Kvame
Affiliation:
Norwegian Agricultural University, Department of Animal Science, 1432 Aas, Norway
M.J. Young
Affiliation:
Scottish Agricultural College, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH9 3JG
K. Kolstad
Affiliation:
Norwegian Agricultural University, Department of Animal Science, 1432 Aas, Norway
N.R. Lambe
Affiliation:
Scottish Agricultural College, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH9 3JG
J. Conington
Affiliation:
Scottish Agricultural College, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH9 3JG
G. Simm
Affiliation:
Scottish Agricultural College, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH9 3JG
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To what extent different fat depots of the carcass are more or less useful to the animal as readily labile energy stores is not clear. A knowledge of how ewes partition and use fat within the carcass is vital in order to estimate the impact of selection to reduce subcutaneous fat on other carcass fat depots. This study was designed to describe changes in the different carcass fat depots over one annual production cycle.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2001 , 2001 , pp. 52
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2001

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