Ultrasound helps producers find ideal cattle. From: Agricultural Research | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: Elstein, David | COPYRIGHT 2003 U.S. Government Printing Office. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Ultrasound is commonly used by doctors to check on the health of a human fetus or to scan a patient's organs. Ultrasound has also been used to study fetuses in livestock. But now, Agricultural Research Service and Iowa State University scientists have found that scanning a live cow with ultrasound can determine its fat and marbling qualities just as well as measurements taken on the carcass can.

Ultrasound is delivered via a small, noninvasive, hand-held probe that emits...

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