Genetic and phenotypic characterisation of animal, carcass, and meat quality traits from temperate and tropically adapted beef breeds. 4. Correlations among animal, carcass, and meat quality traits

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-158

  Reverter, A ^a,b   Johnston, D J ^a   Ferguson, D M ^b   Perry, D ^a   Goddard, M E ^a,c   Burrow, H M ^e   Oddy, V H ^d   Thompson, J M ^a   Bindon, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Meat and Livestock Australia   (Australia)

^e University of New England ^*

Author keywords

Beef; Carcass quality; Genetic correlation; Phenotypic correlation

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037242935     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR02088     Document Type: Article

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