Barwick, Stephen

Johnston, David

Wolcott, Matthew Lee

Wilkins, J F

McKiernan, W A

2009

The Angus BREEDPLAN IMF% (intramuscular fat %) EBV was evaluated in 320 100d-fed Angus x Hereford steer progeny of 25 sires. Results showed using the EBV to select among sires would significantly increase marbling scores and IMF%, and that this was unaffected by growth regime to feedlot entry or by whether slaughter was at a constant age or weight. For the production system studied, Angus breed average IMF% EBV level was associated with MSA-scale marbling scores of 1.6 and 1.5, and IMF% levels of 4.6 and 3.9 in 'fast' and 'slow' grown steers (0.71 and 0.48 kg/d, respectively). The ability of the sire IMF% EBV to explain differences among individual steers was low but in line with expectation. The same expectation limits how effective any EBV can be in sorting individual animals of a breed for a management or marketing purpose.

Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, v.18, p. 484-487

9780646521039

1328-3227

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/5246

Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG)

Evaluation of the Angus BREEDPLAN IMF% EBV in 100d-fed Angus x Hereford steer progeny

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