Live Animal Performance, Carcass Traits, and Meat Palatability of Calf- and Yearling-Fed Cloned Steers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 986-992

  Harris, J J ^a,b   Lunt, D K ^a,c   Smith, S B ^a   Mies, W L ^a   Hale, D S ^a   Koohmaraie, M ^a,d   Savell, J W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas Beef Council   (United States)

^c Texas Agric Exp Sta ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

Carcasses; Cloning; Palatability; Performance; Steers

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALPAIN; CALPASTATIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FOOD HANDLING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CALPAIN; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIET; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0031110072     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.754986x     Document Type: Article

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