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<blockquote data-quote="Ebenezer" data-source="post: 1372531" data-attributes="member: 24565"><p>"Beef Logic" by Dr. Robert A. Long, 1998, Chapter 6, page 26</p><p>"... or "He is more rugged in his bone". Such descriptions of live cattle fail to consider the following facts:</p><p></p><p>1. Circumference of the leg of live animals ... is not a measure of bone but of hair, hide, connective tissue, tendon and bone.</p><p>2. Circumference of bone does not measure either thickness of the wall of the bone or the density.</p><p>3. Within a group of cattle ... it is true that as total weight increases the weight of the bone increases. ...Therefore, in this case bone is positively correlated with muscle. However, so is the weight of every other portion of the body. It is a function of size.... The fact that muscular development is not necessarily associated with bone ...the bone may be heavy or light, large or small and dense or porous ... no association with the amount of muscle.</p><p>4. The % of bone varies very little ...11% to 16% ... while the variation of fat and muscle is much greater.</p><p></p><p>In summary, ...cannot be measured without the dissection of the carcass ..."</p><p></p><p>Please look up Dr. Long's bio before commenting if you think he is not backed up with data. Thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ebenezer, post: 1372531, member: 24565"] "Beef Logic" by Dr. Robert A. Long, 1998, Chapter 6, page 26 "... or "He is more rugged in his bone". Such descriptions of live cattle fail to consider the following facts: 1. Circumference of the leg of live animals ... is not a measure of bone but of hair, hide, connective tissue, tendon and bone. 2. Circumference of bone does not measure either thickness of the wall of the bone or the density. 3. Within a group of cattle ... it is true that as total weight increases the weight of the bone increases. ...Therefore, in this case bone is positively correlated with muscle. However, so is the weight of every other portion of the body. It is a function of size.... The fact that muscular development is not necessarily associated with bone ...the bone may be heavy or light, large or small and dense or porous ... no association with the amount of muscle. 4. The % of bone varies very little ...11% to 16% ... while the variation of fat and muscle is much greater. In summary, ...cannot be measured without the dissection of the carcass ..." Please look up Dr. Long's bio before commenting if you think he is not backed up with data. Thanks. [/QUOTE]
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