Association between body condition score and abdominal fat assessed by ultrasound in Jersey cows
BCS has a low-to-moderate association with abdominal fat depots, but a high variability exists within each BCS punctuation, which supports the notion that fat accumulation patterns and metabolic turnover between abdominal and subcutaneous fat differ from each other.
Authors
- Prasanth K. Chelikani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7300-2918)
- Pedro Meléndez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7217-9244)
- Daniela Redrovan
Institutions
- Texas Tech University (US)
- City University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Hong Kong Jockey Club (HK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Veterinary Medicine and Science
- Published
- 2024-08-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/vms3.1515
- Primary Topic
- Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Texas Tech University