The effect of short-term grain feeding on liveweight gain and beef quality

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 517-526

  Muir, P D ^a   Smith, N B ^a   Wallace, G J ^a   Cruickshank, G J ^a   Smith, D R ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fat colour; Grain; Marbling; Meat colour; Meat quality; Pasture; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; VERTEBRATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032445573     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.1998.9513334     Document Type: Article

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