Relative Contributions of Subcutaneous and Intermuscular Fat to Yields and Predictability of Retail Product, Fat Trim, and Bone in Beef Carcasses

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1604-1612

  Dikeman, M E ^a   Cundiff, L V ^b   Gregory, K E ^b   Kemp, K E ^a   Koch, Robert M ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Carcasses; Fat; Meat Yield; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE; CATTLE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE AND BONES; CATTLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SKIN;

EID: 0032087707     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.7661604x     Document Type: Article

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