Double muscling in cattle: Genes, husbandry, carcasses and meat

Animals

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 472-506

  Fiems, Leo O ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carcass quality; Double muscling; Locomotion; Meat quality; Myostatin; Organ size; Reproduction; Stress susceptibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877891341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20762615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ani2030472     Document Type: Review

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