Association of body condition score with ultrasound backfat and longissimus dorsi muscle depth in different breeds of dairy sheep

S. A. Termatzidou; N. Siachos; G. E. Valergakis; A. Georgakopoulos; M. N. Patsikas; G. Arsenos

doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2020.104019

Association of body condition score with ultrasound backfat and longissimus dorsi muscle depth in different breeds of dairy sheep

S. A. Termatzidou^*
, N. Siachos
, G. E. Valergakis
, A. Georgakopoulos
, M. N. Patsikas
, G. Arsenos

^*Corresponding author for this work

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BCS correlates weakly to moderately with backfat thickness in dairy sheep.
•
Differences up to 0.5 BCS unit exist among breeds at same fat and muscle depots.
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Muscle thickness increases at a higher rate than backfat across BCS changes.
•
Development of a new BCS scale to assess body reserves in dairy sheep is essential.

Original language	English
Article number	104019
Journal	Livestock Science
Volume	236
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2020.104019
Publication status	Print publication - Jun 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Association of body condition score with ultrasound backfat and longissimus dorsi muscle depth in different breeds of dairy sheep

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