Genetic and phenotypic characterisation of animal, carcass, and meat quality traits from temperate and tropically adapted beef breeds. 1. Animal measures

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-118

  Johnston, D J ^a   Reverter, A ^a,c   Burrow, H M ^d   Oddy, V H ^b   Robinson, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Meat and Livestock Australia ^*  (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cattle; Correlations; G E interactions; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; MEAT;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037243288     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR02085     Document Type: Article

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