Uso de ultrasonidos para la predicción del valor de la canal en terneros de raza asturiana de los valles

Abstract

In order to improve the meat yield in Asturiana beef cattle, a series of in vivo selection criteria for carcasses are proposed. This information can be obtained by means of ultrasound imaging. The implementation of this technique involves two stages. The first, to put in point the technique and acquire experience in its application, will be developed in the Selection Center at Posada of Llanera (Asturias) with the animals under growth test. The second will be permormed under field conditions, in commercial feedlots and its purpose will be to check whether the taken measurements in the living animal are reasonably correlated with those obtained directly on the carcass. Some results of the first stage are shown.