Evaluating consumer acceptability and willingness to pay for various beef chuck muscles

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2605-2610

  Kukowski, A C ^a   Maddock, R J ^a,b   Wulf, D M ^a   Fausti, S W ^a   Taylor, G L ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Box 2170 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Chuck Muscles; Consumers; Economics; Palatability; Steak Appearance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646012008     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2005.83112605x     Document Type: Article

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