Predicting the Yield and Composition of Mature Cow Carcasses

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1831-1836

  Johnson, D D ^a   Rogers, A L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcass Yield; Composition; Cows; Prediction

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; FORECASTING; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; FEMALE; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FORECASTING; MEAT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031182889     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.7571831x     Document Type: Article

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