Meat Science and muscle Biology Symposium: Developmental programming in cattle: Consequences for growth, efficiency, carcass, muscle, and beef quality characteristics

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1428-1442

  Robinson, D L ^a   Cafe L M ^a   Greenwood, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Carcass; Cattle; Efficiency; Fetal programming; Meat quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL;

EID: 84882626402     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2012-5799     Document Type: Article

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