A Comparison of Warner-Bratzler Shear Force Assessment Within and among Institutions

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2423-2432

  Wheeler, T L ^a   Shackelford, S D ^a   Johnson, L P ^b   Miller, M F ^c   Miller, R K ^d   Koohmaraie, M ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Beef; Methodology; Repeatability; Shear Strength; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD HANDLING; GOVERNMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; CATTLE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE;

EID: 0031225817     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.7592423x     Document Type: Article

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