Effects of forage- and grain-based feeding systems on beef quality: A review

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 623-635

  Muir, P D ^a   Deaker, J M ^a   Bown, M D ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Beef quality; Fat colour; Flavour; Forage; Grain; Grass; Juiciness; Marbling; Meat colour; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032430195     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.1998.9513346     Document Type: Review

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