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Year :	1990
Tome :	141
Volume :	8-9
Pages :	661-669
Title :	Measurement and multifactorial analysis of carcass fatness in intensively reared bulls
Authors :	J.P. MORISSE, J.P. COTTE et D. HUONNIC
Summary :	The fatness of 846 bull carcasses measured by weighing the fat eliminated before a EUROP » classification shows that an average of 25 kg i.e. 6,6 p. 100 of the crude carcass weight is eliminated for each animal. The multifactorial approach of the problem gives evidence that beside genetic and nutritional causes, the search of a very high growth rate in the early age of 6-10 months has a strong influence on the increase of the fat level in precocious dairy or mixed type animals and on the reduction of their daily gain during the three last months of their fattening period.
Keywords :	Fatness - Genetic - Growth - Bulls.
Correspondence :	J.P. MORISSE
Adress :	Unité d'écopathologie bovine, CNEVA, BP 53, F-22440 Ploufragan

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