Effects of skeletal separation method and postmortem ageing on carcass traits and shear force in cull cow beef

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 351-361

  Mandell, I B ^a   Campbell, C P ^a   Quinton, V M ^a   Wilton, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef; Cow; Longissimus; Round; Shear; Tendercut

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947720260     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A05-039     Document Type: Article

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