Table 1, Vital Statistics and Tissue Ash Percentages of Area 13 Cattle ] TT Animal Number Percent of Ash Sex Age Period in Outer Compound Gonads 6.2 Muscle Lungs Liver Femur 5.2 4.4 1.4 24.5 3.4 4.1 6.1 27.9 1 _ *-F 12 yrs 05/02/73-07/09/74 4 F 11 yrs 05/02/73-07/09/74 6 F 12 yrs 05/02/73-07/09/74 5.7 5.7 2.1 3.1 12.6 13 M 15 mos 11/02/73-01/29/75 0.89 1.3 & 4.4 3.9 3.4 & 5 25.4 & 24.4 15 M 19 mos 07/02/73-01/29/75 1.5 5.5 & 3.6 1.5 3.4 & 6.6 25.3 & 26.5 22