Finishing diet, temperament and lairage time effects on carcass and meat quality traits in steers

Meat Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 908-914

  del Campo, M ^a   Brito, G ^a   Soares de Lima, J ^a   Hernandez P ^b   Montossi, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN AGROPECUARIA INIA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diet; Lairage time; Steers; Temperament; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

DIET; LAIRAGE TIME; STEERS; TEMPERAMENT; TENDERNESS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; MEATS;

NUTRITION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; DIET; MAIZE; MALE; MEAT; MEAT INDUSTRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PH; POACEAE; STANDARD; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; DIET; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MEAT; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; POACEAE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALIA; BOS INDICUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77956893947     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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