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Correlation Analyses on Growth Traits, Body Size Traits and Carcass Traits in Hanwoo Steers  

Lee, Jae-Gu (National institute of Animal Science, RDA)
Choy, Yun-Ho (National institute of Animal Science, RDA)
Park, Byung-Ho (National institute of Animal Science, RDA)
Choi, Jae-Kwan (National institute of Animal Science, RDA)
Lee, Seung-Su (National institute of Animal Science, RDA)
Na, Jong-Sam (Dept. of Animal Biotechnology, Chonbuk National University)
Roh, Seung-Hee (Hanwoo Improvement Main Center, N.A.C.F)
Choi, Tae-Jeong (National institute of Animal Science, RDA)
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Journal of agriculture & life science / v.46, no.1, 2012 , pp. 123-131 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to estimate correlation structure between Hanwoo steer growth traits - body weights at 6 month, 12 month, 18 month and 24 month of age, average daily gain, carcass traits, body size traits at 18 months of age. Hanwoo progeny test data(body weight, body size traits) collected from 2004 to 2008 on a total of 1,838 steers at Hanwoo Improvement Main Center(NACF) were analyzed. Carcass traits were used to score the 24 months of age and slaughter. Correlation analyses were performed with observed scales of the traits and with residuals considering fixed effects in generalized linear models. The correlated coefficient estimated between live weight at slaughter(24 months of age) and cold carcass weight was high at 0.92. Correlation between beef yield index values and backfat thickness was estimated to be high and negative at -0.92. Hip height and wither height was found to be highly correlated(0.89). Chest width and chest depth also was found to be highly correlated at 0.73. Rump width was highly correlated with chest depth(0.75) and chest width(0.74). Correlation between pelvic width and rump width was estimated to be 0.74. Hipbone width was shown to be highly correlated with chest depth(0.73), chest width(0.70), rump width(0.75), or pelvic width(0.75). Correlation between wither height and carcass weight was 0.48 in observed scale. Chest girth was phenotyically (residual correlation) correlated with carcass weight (0.51), the estimates of which were some higher than than with the other carcass traits. This study will be utilized for Hanwoo Steers genetic evaluation.
Keywords
Correlation; Body size trait; Carcass trait; Growth trait; Hanwoo;
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