Meat quality and composition of three muscles from French cull cows and young bulls

Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 387-399

  Dransfield, E ^a   Martin, J F ^a   Bauchart, D ^b   Abouelkaram, S ^a   Lepetit, J ^a   Culioli, J ^a   Jurie, C ^b   Picard, B ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

Author keywords

Bulls; Cows; Meat composition; Meat quality; Sensory evaluation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038124309     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1357729800058616     Document Type: Article

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