Lucerne grazing compared with concentrate-feeding slightly modifies carcase and meat quality of young bulls

Meat Science

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 545-552

  Blanco, M ^a   Casasus I ^a   Ripoll, G ^a   Panea, B ^a   Alberti P ^a   Joy, M ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y TECNOLOGÍA AGROALIMENTARIA DE ARAGÓN CITA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Carcase; Concentrates; Lucerne; Meat quality

Indexed keywords

BOS; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 73649128261     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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