Effect of slaughter age on beef color stability during display of four muscles from Japanese Black steers

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1364-1368

  Muramoto, T ^a   Shibata, M ^a,b   Nakanishi, N ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beef; Color Stability; Japanese Black Steers; Metmyoglobin; Slaughter Age; tocopherol

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141702065     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2003.1364     Document Type: Article

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