Effects of growth implants on consumer perceptions of meat tenderness in beef steers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3052-3056

  Barham, B L ^a   Brooks, J C ^a   Blanton Jr , J R ^a   Herring, A D ^a,b   Carr, M A ^a,c   Kerth, C R ^a,d   Miller, M F ^a,e  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Bos indicus; Growth Implants; Palatability; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS;

DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; REVALOR; TRENBOLONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONSUMER; CROSS BREEDING; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IMPLANT; DUOGYNON FORTE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CROSSES, GENETIC; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG IMPLANTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROGESTERONE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIME FACTORS; TRENBOLONE;

EID: 2142752607     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2003.81123052x     Document Type: Article

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