MSU Beef Team Enhances Beef Cattle Ultrasound Services To Support Industry Needs

Ultrasound scanning of carcass traits is a useful tool to get a look under the hide without having to slaughter the animal, meaning that carcass data can be collected for bulls and heifers destined for the breeding herd. Ultrasound carcass data allows producers to identify positive and negative outliers to make informed breeding and culling decisions that genetic testing may not identify.