Effects of feeding strategies including different proportion of pasture and concentrate, on carcass and meat quality traits in Uruguayan steers

Meat Science

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 753-760

  del Campo, M ^a   Brito, G ^a   de Lima, J M Soares ^a   Martins, D Vaz ^a   Sanudo C ^b   Julián, R San ^a   Hernandez P ^c   Montossi, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN AGROPECUARIA INIA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beef; Carcass traits; Diet; Meat quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 50249172210     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2008.03.026     Document Type: Article

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