Consumer sensory acceptance and value of domestic, Canadian, and Australian grass-fed beef steaks

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2863-2868

  Sitz, B M ^a   Calkins, C R ^a,b   Feuz, D M ^a   Umberger, W J ^a   Eskridge, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b A213 Animal Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Country of Origin; Grain Fed; Grass Fed; Palatability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645991818     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2005.83122863x     Document Type: Article

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