The main objectives of the present work were to establish the comparison between nine measurements of lumbar fat thickness. nine of the M. Longissimus dorsi depth and four of the breastbone fat thickness. Ali these controls were made by ultrasounds in alive animals. The same measurements were taken in the carcasses. The aim was also determining the accuracy in the application of the measurements taken by ultrasounds as predictors of the carcass composition and of the fat depots in the body of 40 dry. empty adul Blanca Celtibérica goats with a scoring range of the breastbone body condition from !.5 to 4.5. The best results concerning the first objective were obtained by taking the corresponding measurements between the 3rd and the 4th ...