Differences in muscle and fat accretion in Japanese Black and European cattle

Meat Science

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 300-308

  Gotoh, T ^a   Albrecht, E ^b   Teuscher, F ^b   Kawabata, K ^c   Sakashita, K ^c   Iwamoto, H ^a   Wegner, J ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^c Kagoshima Prefectural Livestock Experiment Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Cattle; European breeds; Japanese Black; Marbling; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 64049109091     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2009.01.026     Document Type: Article

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