Colour of muscle from 18-month-old steers given long-term daily exercise

Meat Science

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 219-229

  Dunne, P G ^a,b   O'Mara, F P ^b   Monahan, F J ^b   French, P ^a   Moloney, A P ^a  

^a GRANGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Beef; Colour; Exercise; Muscle; Steers

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 22944458194     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2004.11.014     Document Type: Article

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