Meat quality of Nguni steers supplemented with Acacia karroo leaf-meal

Meat Science

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 621-627

  Mapiye, C ^a   Chimonyo, M ^a   Dzama, K ^b   Muchenje, V ^a   Strydom, P E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Colour; Fat; Indigenous cattle; Muscle fibre area; Natural pasture; Protein; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; GENETICS; MALE; MEAT; PLANT LEAF; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD;

ACACIA; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIET; MALE; MEAT; PLANT LEAVES;

ACACIA; ACACIA KARROO; BOS; HELIANTHUS;

EID: 76449101906     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2009.10.021     Document Type: Article

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