Evaluation of Beef Carcass and Palatability Traits and Prediction of Tenderness in a Cross of Bos Indicus × Bos Taurus Cattle

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1621-1627

  Kim, Jong Joo ^a,b   Taylor, Jerry ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c GenomicFX   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Carcass; Genetic correlation; Palatability; Reciprocal effect; Tenderness prediction

Indexed keywords

BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0035639323     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2001.1621     Document Type: Article

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