Cattle temperament: Persistence of assessments and associations with productivity, efficiency, carcass and meat quality traits

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1452-1465

  Cafe, L M ^a,b   Robinson, D L ^a,b   Ferguson, D M ^a,c   Mcintyre, B L ^a,d   Geesink, G H ^a   Greenwood, P L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Industry and Investment New South Wales   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carcass; Cattle; Flight speed; Meat quality; Productivity; Temperament

Indexed keywords

BOS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOPSY; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MEAT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; TEMPERAMENT;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOPSY; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 80051860099     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3304     Document Type: Article

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