A survey of beef muscle color and pH

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 678-687

  Page, J K ^a   Wulf, D M ^a,b   Schwotzer, T R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Color; Impedance; Meat Characteristics; Muscles; pH

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE; PH; PIGMENTATION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MEAT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; PIGMENTATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE;

EID: 0035289326     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2001.793678x     Document Type: Article

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