Correlation between carcass conformation and fat cover degree, and muscle fatty acid profile of yearling bulls depending on breed and mh-genotype

Livestock Science

Volumn 107, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 199-212

  Aldai, N ^a   Najera A I ^b   Martinez A ^a   Celaya, R ^a   Osoro, K ^a  

^a Área de Cultivos Hortofrutícolas y Forestales   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beef; Carcass quality; Fatty acids; Genotype; Meat quality; Muscular hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33847094097     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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