Carcass traits determining quality and yield grades of Hanwoo steers

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1049-1054

  Moon, S S ^a   Hwang, I H ^a,b   Jin, S K ^a   Lee, J G ^a   Joe, S T ^a   Park, G B ^a  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hanwoo; Quality Grade; Slaughter Weight; Yield Grade

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0042665951     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2003.1049     Document Type: Article

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