Changes in connective tissue of M. semitendinosus as a response to different growth paths in steers

Meat Science

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-114

  Harper, G S ^b   Allingham, P G ^b   Le Feuvre, R P ^a  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bovine muscle; Connective tissue; Mechanical properties; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

EID: 0042098110     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(99)00040-6     Document Type: Article

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