Highland Texel Rams
Introducing "Quantum" a giant leap forward in ram genetics: (Brandesburton 252-05,Tw SIL No: 2658)
 Pedigree: Egilshay 114/01 Sire Blackdale 61/03 Blackdale 225/97 Brandesburton 252/05 (tw) "Quantum"
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Nigel Jay, senior technical officer at Lincoln University confirmed that on the 26th Oct 2007, that 252-05 "Quantum" was still the highest CT scanned ram of all sheep breeds done at Lincoln University. In fact, he had to be scanned twice to make sure the scan was correct!
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Texel CT Results for: "Quantum" (Brandeburton 252-05, tw, SIL No: 2658)
Scan Date: 16th April 2006.- 232 days old; weight: 67.5 kgs
Raw CT Data CT Scanned by Lincoln CT, Lincoln University.
| CT Fat | 3.1 | |
| CT Muscle | 15.4 | |
| CT Bone | 2.713 | |
| Total EMA | 36.15 | |
| M:B | 5.7 | |
| M:F | 4.8 |
Explanatory Notes:
| CT Fat CT muscle CT Bone |
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The raw data out of CT scanner giving the relativities of fat, muscle and bone in Kgs. |
| EMA | Eye muscle area | |
| M:B | Muscle to bone ratio (each Kg of bone = 5.7 kgs of muscle) | |
| M:F | Muscle to fat ratio ( each Kg of fat = 4.8 kgs kgs of muscle) |