Effects of diet, breed and slaughter endpoint on growth performance, carcass composition and beef quality traits in Limousin and Charolais steers

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-32

  Mandell, I B ^a   Gullett, E A ^a   Wilton, J W ^a   Allen, O B ^b   Osborne, V R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Ridgetown Coll of Agric Technology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Carcass weight; Charolais; Fatness; Limousin; Marbling; Palatability; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031517228     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A96-020     Document Type: Article

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