Carcass and beef color characteristics of three biological types of cattle grazing cool-season forages supplemented with soyhulls

Meat Science

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 297-303

  Baublits, R T ^a   Brown Jr , A H ^a   Pohlman, F W ^a   Johnson, Z B ^a   Onks, D O ^b   Loveday, H D ^c   Morrow, R E ^d   Sandelin, B A ^a   Coblentz, W K ^a   Richards, C J ^c   Pugh, R B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee Experiment Station   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d National Center for Appropriate Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Forage fed; Soyhulls

Indexed keywords

BEEF COLOR; CATTLE GRAZING; FORAGE-FED; SOYHULLS;

COLOR; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; PH EFFECTS; TISSUE;

MEATS;

BOS TAURUS; DACTYLIS;

EID: 2942650985     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2004.03.009     Document Type: Article

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