Slaughter weight loss attributable to pregnancy in feedlot heifers.
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%.
D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D002417:Cattle / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008462:Meat-Packing Industry; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal