Effects of marbling and shear force on consumers' willingness to pay for beef strip loin steaks

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 890-899

  Platter, W J ^a   Tatum, J D ^a   Belk, K E ^a   Koontz, S R ^a   Chapman, P L ^a   Smith, G C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Marketing; Prices; Quality; Tenderness; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646044056     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2005.834890x     Document Type: Article

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