@conference {40670,
	title = {Apple pomace as a supplement to pasture for dairy cows in late lactation},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {55},
	year = {1995},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {67-69},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Eye muscle dimensions of meat and fat together with live or carcass   weight are important selection criteria for the improvement of carcass traits   in sheep. The use of B-mode ultrasound may offer scope for more efficient   progeny testing procedures. Two trials examined the use of ultrasound for   estimating eye muscle width (A) and depth (B) between the twelfth and   thirteenth ribs on live animals, and their carcasses immediately following   slaughter and up to nine hours later. These estimates were then compared   with ruler measurements on the eye muscle cut surfaces. Correlations   between the various estimates of B were high (r = 0.80 to 0.96). While the   correlation between the live scan of A and its ruler measurement was 0.75,   the correlations between carcass scans and ruler measurements were 0.40 to   0.61. This was due to difficulty in maintaining acoustic coupling over the   length of the probe, which was flat relative to the curved carcass surface. A   new curved offset offers excellent prospects for overcoming this problem.   },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Edwards NJ and Parker WJ}
}
