Case study: Carcass and meat characteristics and M. longissimus thoracis histology of beef from calf-fed and yearling-fed Angus steers

Professional Animal Scientist

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 385-393

  Brooks, M A ^a,d   Choi, C W ^b   Lunt, D K ^a   Miller, R K ^a   Choi, C B ^c,e   Smith, S B ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^c Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Daegu University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Beef; Calf fed; Carcass trait; Fat development; Yearling fed

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891840606     PISSN: 10807446     EISSN: 1525318X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15232/S1080-7446(15)30503-9     Document Type: Article

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