Effects of diet on carcass, meat and eating quality of once-bred Piemontese x Friesian heifers

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 267-272

  Hoving Bolink, A H ^a   Hanekamp, W J A ^b   Walstra, P ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Research Station for Cattle   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beef production; Carcass quality; Cross breeding; Heifers; Meat quality, sensory characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032989655     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(98)00175-4     Document Type: Article

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