Eating quality of young bulls from three Spanish beef breed-production systems and its relationships with chemical and instrumental meat quality

Meat Science

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-104

  Serra, X ^a   Guerrero, L ^a   Guardia M D ^a   Gil, M ^a   Sanudo C ^b   Panea, B ^b   Campo, M M ^b   Olleta, J L ^b   Garcia Cachan M D ^c   Piedrafita, J ^d   Oliver, M A ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

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

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beef; Meat quality; Sensory quality; Spanish breeds

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 39449092495     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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