Phenotypic ranges and relationships among carcass and meat palatability traits for fourteen cattle breeds, and heritabilities and expected progeny differences for Warner-Bratzler shear force in three beef cattle breeds

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2461-2467

  Dikeman, M E ^a,e   Pollak, E J ^b   Zhang, Z ^b   Moser, D W ^a   Gill, C A ^c   Dressler, E A ^d  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d National Cattlemen's Beef Association   (United States)

^e 249 Weber Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Expected Progeny Differences; Genetics; Palatability; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

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EID: 33645959200     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2005.83102461x     Document Type: Article

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