Influence of carcass suspension on meat quality of Charolais heifers from two sustainable feeding regimes

Animal

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 906-913

  Ahnstrom M L ^a   Hessle, A ^a   Johansson, L ^a   Hunt, M C ^b   Lundstrom K ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achilles suspension; Beef; Pelvic suspension; Shear force; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349139863     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731109004017     Document Type: Article

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