Some effects of diet on beef meat and fat attributes

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 279-287

  Daly, C C ^a   Young, O A ^a   Graafhuis, A E ^a   Moorhead, S M ^a   Easton, H S ^b  

^a MIRINZ Food Technology and Research   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Beef; Creatine kinase; Fat colour; Glycogen; Lactate dehydrogenase; Maize; Meat colour; Microbiology; Pasture; PH; Stress; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; LOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032727593     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.1999.9513377     Document Type: Article

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