title: Slaughter weight loss attributable to pregnancy in feedlot heifers.
abstract: Slaughter weight loss attributable to pregnancy in feedlot heifers was determined by immediate postmortem weighing of uteri and uterine contents of pregnant heifers. For each 10% pregnant animals within a group of slaughter heifers, the dressing percentage was reduced for the entire group by 0.66%.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D002417:Cattle / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008462:Meat-Packing Industry; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal