Ultrasound Guidelines Council

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The Ultrasound Guidelines Council (UGC), instituted and overseen by the U.S. Beef Breeds Council, administers the certification of both field and laboratory technicians to collect and interpret carcass ultrasound images (intramuscular fat percent, rib fat, ribeye area, and rump fat) on beef cattle.  UGC also supervises the certification of the various systems that are used to collect and interpret these images.

Beef cattle breed associations use ultrasound data in the computation of Expected Progeny Differences (EPD) for breeding cattle.  The purpose of UGC is to insure data collected from beef cattle using ultrasound technology is of the highest quality and accuracy. 

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Updated Field Technician listings   - 1/22/10

 

 

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