The Effect of Sire Breed on the Melting Point and Fatty Acid Composition of Subcutaneous Fat in Steers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-95

  Perry, Diana ^a,b   Nicholls, P J ^a   Thompson, J M ^c  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c University of New England ^*

Author keywords

Breeds; Cattle; Fatty Acids; Melting Point; Multivariate Analysis

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENT; FATTY ACIDS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031601737     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.76187x     Document Type: Article

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