Effect of pasture finishing on beef quality of Japanese shorthorn steers

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 420-426

  Muramoto, T ^a   Higashiyama, M ^a   Kondo, T ^a  

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

Author keywords

Drip loss; Fatty acid; Metmyoglobin; Pasture; Tocopherol; Carotene

Indexed keywords

EID: 16844367767     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2005.420     Document Type: Article

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