Survey of quality defects in market beef and dairy cows and bulls sold through livestock auction markets in the Western United States: I. Incidence rates

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1474-1483

  Ahola, J K ^a,d   Foster, H A ^b   Vanoverbeke, D L ^c   Jensen, K S ^a   Wilson, R L ^a   Glaze, J B ^a   Fife, T E ^a   Gray, C W ^a   Nash, S A ^a   Panting, R R ^a   Rimbey, N R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b California Beef Council   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Auction market; Beef quality assurance; Market beef cattle; Market dairy cattle; Quality defect

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEAT; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051835017     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3170     Document Type: Article

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