What are double-muscled cattle? Explain why this type of cattle is undesirable
What will be an ideal response?
Selection for extreme muscling leads to the development of cattle with a condition known as double muscling. This is simply too much muscle. These animals are undesirable because they are difficult to produce due to poor fertility and difficult calving. The meat tends to be coarse and void of intermuscular fat (marbling). The calves are difficult to raise because they are more susceptible to disease. Double-muscled feeder animals must be fed a higher proportion of concentrate in the ration in order to obtain enough marbling to grade choice.
You might also like to view...
A tank containing 20 kg of water at 20°C is fitted with a stirrer that delivers work to the water at the rate of 0.25 kW. How long does it take for the temperature of the water to rise to 30°C if no heat is lost from the water? For water, 
What will be an ideal response?
Feeding dusty or moldy food to horses can cause liver and brain disorders
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Fearing a return of political extremism, fragile western European democracies turned to whom for support and protection?
a. Great Britain b. France c. the United States d. the Soviet Union
The "brain" of the computer is the ________
A) CPU B) AD converter C) RAM D) PROM