Relationships between muscle characteristics and meat quality traits of young Charolais bulls

Meat Science

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-60

  Renand, G ^a   Picard, B ^b   Touraille, C ^a   Berge, P ^a   Lepetit, J ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

Beef; Characteristics; Meat; Muscle; Quality; Variability

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035644701     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(01)00051-1     Document Type: Article

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