Breed and ageing extent on carcass and meat quality of beef from adult steers (oxen)

Livestock Science

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-69

  Vieira, C ^a   Cerdeno A ^b   Serrano, E ^b   Lavin P ^b   Mantecon A R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AGRARIO DE CASTILLA Y LEÓN   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adult steers beef; Ageing extent; Breed; Carcass quality; Meat quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 33846841176     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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