Beef production potential of Norwegian Red and Holstein-Friesian bulls slaughtered at two ages

Animal

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1506-1514

  Kirkland, R M ^a,b   Patterson, D C ^a   Keady, T W J ^a,c   Moss, B W ^a   Steen, R W J ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Volac International Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bulls; Holstein Friesian; Meat quality; Norwegian Red; Slaughter weight

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BULL (BOVINE); CARCASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL DESIGN; LIPID STORAGE; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SILAGE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 36048970362     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731107000791     Document Type: Article

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