Livestock and Carcasses: An Integrated Approach to Evaluation,

Livestock and Carcasses: An Integrated Approach to Evaluation, Grading and Selection
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Livestock and Carcasses: An Integrated Approach to Evaluation, Grading and Selection provides your students with guidelines for evaluation and selection procedures for feeder, breeding, and market swine, as well as for beef cattle and sheep. It presents a flexible, integrated approach to the principles and procedures involved in the evaluation, grading, and selection of meat animals. Livestock and Carcasses: An Integrated Approach to Evaluation, Grading and Selection features: * A brief discussion of the process of meat animal growth and fattening, the factors affecting growth and fattening, and their effect on body composition. * A brief discussion of livestock improvement through selection to highlight the progress that has been made in that area, and to expose students to breeding and genetic information. * The principles of improvement through aids used in the selection and the evaluation of performance data. * Visual appraisal of breeding stock to determine which animals should be culled and which kept in the breeding herd. * Current industry recommended evaluation and performance procedures. * A brief discussion of the complex pricing procedure used in the livestock and meat industry.
Country USA
Brand Brand: Kendall Hunt Publishing
Manufacturer Kendall Hunt Publishing
Binding Loose Leaf
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780757520594
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Brand: Kendall Hunt Publishing
Manufacturer	Kendall Hunt Publishing
Binding	Loose Leaf
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780757520594
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Livestock and Carcasses: An Integrated Approach to Evaluation, Grading and Selection

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