Relationship of temperament, growth, carcass characteristics and tenderness in beef steers

Meat Science

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 433-438

  Behrends, S M ^a   Miller, R K ^b   Rouquette Jr , F M ^a   Randel, R D ^a   Warrington, B G ^a   Forbes, T D A ^a   Welsh, T H ^b   Lippke, H ^a   Behrends, J M ^c   Carstens, G E ^b   Holloway, J W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Escape velocity; Temperament; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

BOS; LOLIUM;

EID: 57049161914     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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