Prediction of Breeding Values for Tenderness of Market Animals from Measurements on Bulls

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2612-2621

  Barkhouse, K L ^a,c   Van Vleck, L D ^b,d   Cundiff, L V ^b   Koohmaraie, M ^b   Lunstra, D D ^b   Crouse, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Kellogg's Sci and Technology Center   (United States)

^d A218 Animal Sciences ^*

Author keywords

Carcass quality; Crossbreeding; Meat quality; Selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; FOOD HANDLING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030279174     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.74112612x     Document Type: Article

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