Genetics of meat quality and carcass traits and the impact of tenderstretching in two tropical beef genotypes

Animal Production Science

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 383-398

  Wolcott, M L ^a,b   Johnston, D J ^a,b   Barwick, S A ^a,b   Iker, C L ^a,b   Thompson, J M ^a,b   Burrow, H M ^a,c  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Beef Genetic Technologies ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feed efficiency; Genetic correlations; Growth; Heritability; Tenderness; Tenderstretch

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; CORRELATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; HERITABILITY; MEAT; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 66149170332     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA08275     Document Type: Article

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