Growth, carcass and meat quality characteristics of beef cattle with 0, 50 and 75 percent Wagyu genetic influence

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-137

  Mir, P S ^a   Bailey, D R C ^a   Mir, Z ^a   Entz, T ^a   Jones, S D M ^a   Robertson, W M ^a   Weselake, R J ^b   Lozeman, F J ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c Lozeman Family Farm   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carcass characteristics; Wagyu; Warner bratzler shear force

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0033147841     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A98-114     Document Type: Article

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