Prediction of retail product and trimmable fat yields from the four primal cuts in beef cattle using ultrasound or carcass data

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1353-1360

  Tait Jr , R G ^a,b   Wilson, D E ^a   Rouse, G H ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 337 Kildee Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Beef; Carcass Composition; Meat Yield; Prediction; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33646074834     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2005.8361353x     Document Type: Article

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