Meat quality and fatty acid composition of pasture-finished beef steers fed barley and soybeans

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 535-545

  Duynisveld, J L ^a   Charmley, E ^a,c   Mir, P ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conjugated linoleic acid; Fatty acids; Pasture; Steers

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; GLYCINE MAX; HORDEUM;

EID: 34247130930     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A06-004     Document Type: Article

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