Meat quality of steers finished on autumn grass, grass silage or concentrate-based diets

Meat Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-180

  French, P ^a,b   O'Riordan, E G ^a   Monahan, F J ^b   Caffrey, P J ^b   Vidal, M ^c   Mooney, M T ^c   Troy, D J ^c   Moloney, A P ^a  

^a GRANGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ASHTOWN FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Concentrates; Grass; Meat quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034375512     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(00)00037-1     Document Type: Article

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