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Abstract:
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Cattle buyers need to estimate carcase weight when purchasing live cattle. However, the proportion of carcase weight in the live animals (the dressing %) varies widely according to their degree of gut fill. Cattle in saleyards very widely in gut fill, and thus dressing %, as a consequence of differences in time since last eating and drinking on the differing farms of origin. The times of fasting of different lots are not know, and buyers thus have a considerable problem in estimating carcase weight accura
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