Innovative wholesale carcass fabrication and retail cutting to optimize beef value

Meat Science

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 743-752

  Pfeiffer, K D ^a   Voges, K L ^a   King, D A ^a   Griffin, D B ^a   Savell, J W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Cutability; Retail cut yields; Value

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944446341     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2005.05.023     Document Type: Article

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