Eating quality of beef from different sire breeds

Animal Science

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 403-408

  Homer, D B ^a   Cuthbertson, A ^a   Homer, D L M ^a   McMenamin, P ^b  

^a Meat and Livestock Commission   (United Kingdom)

^b Warren Farm   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beef breeds; Chemical composition; Organoleptic traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346106625     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135772980001599X     Document Type: Article

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