Genetic and phenotypic characterisation of animal, carcass, and meat quality traits from temperate and tropically adapted beef breeds. 3. Meat quality traits

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-147

  Johnston, D J ^a   Reverter, A ^a,b   Ferguson, D M ^b   Thompson, J M ^a   Burrow, H M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Long Pocket Laboratories ^*

Author keywords

Beef tenderness; Compression; Cooking loss; G E; Shear force

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MEAT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037239520     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR02087     Document Type: Article

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