Recording Your Sheep - Table 2

New Performance Traits

Raw Data	Trait
Carcass Lean Weight (kg)	Muscle yield	Quantity of muscle tissue in the carcass assessed using Computed Tomography (CT) image analysis of breeding stock at 21 weeks of age.
Carcass Fat Weight (kg)	Leanness	Quantity of fat in the carcass assessed using Computed Tomography (CT) image analysis of breeding stock at 21 weeks of age.
Muscularity (mm)	Carcass shape	Thickness of the muscle tissue in the gigot assessed using Computed Tomography (CT) standardised to a fixed femur length.
Faecal Egg Count (FEC)	Worm resistance	Faecal samples are taken from lambs at 21 weeks of age and submitted for laboratory analysis to measure the worm egg count in the sample.

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