Effects of fattening period on growth performance, carcass characteristics and lipogenic gene expression in Hanwoo steers

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1654-1660

  Kwon, Eung Gi ^a   Park, Byung Ki ^a   Kim, Hyeong Cheol ^a   Cho, Young Moo ^a   Kim, Tae Il ^a   Chang, Sun Sik ^a   Oh, Young Kyoon ^a   Kim, Nam Kuk ^a   Kim, Jun Ho ^a,b   Kim, Young Jun ^a,b   Kim, Eun Jib ^a,c   Im, Seok Ki ^a   Choi, Nag Jin ^a,c  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Division of Animal Husbandry   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carcass characteristics; Fattening; Growth; Hanwoo; Lipogenic gene; Steers

Indexed keywords

EID: 74549121943     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2009.90257     Document Type: Article

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