Influence of feeding intensity, grazing and finishing feeding on meat and eating quality of young bulls and the relationship between muscle fibre characteristics, fibre fragmentation and meat tenderness

Meat Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 187-195

  Vestergaard, M ^a   Therkildsen, M ^a   Henckel, P ^a   Jensen, L R ^b   Andersen, H R ^a   Sejrsen, K ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b DANISH MEAT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FRIESIA;

EID: 0041849900     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(99)00098-4     Document Type: Article

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