The comparison of three β-agonists for growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality of feedlot cattle

Meat Science

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 557-564

  Strydom, P E ^a   Frylinck, L ^a   Montgomery, J L ^b   Smith, M F ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b Intervet a Part of Schering Plough Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonist; Beef; Calpain; Drip loss; Myofibril fragment length; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 57049169698     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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