Effects of sire breed and husbandry system on carcass, meat and eating quality of Piemontese and Limousin crossbred bulls and heifers

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 273-278

  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

Bulls; Carcass quality; Cross breeding; Heifers; Husbandry system; Meat quality; Sensory characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032989805     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(98)00176-6     Document Type: Article

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