Consistency statistics and genetic parameters for taste panel assessed meat quality traits and their relationship with carcass quality traits in a commercial population of Angus-sired beef cattle

Animal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Gill, J L ^a   Matika, O ^a   Williams, J L ^b   Worton, H ^a   Wiener, P ^a   Bishop, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b PARCO TECNOLOGICO PADANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bovine; Consistency; Genetic parameters; Meat quality; Taste panel

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 76849092703     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731109990905     Document Type: Article

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