Slaughter weight, sex and age effects on beef shear force and tenderness

In Argentina, beef cattle prices decrease as slaughter weight increases regardless of animal age or carcass maturity, and this decrease is significantly greater in heifers (15%) than in steers (5%). The objectives of the present study were to (1) determine whether shear force and tenderness differ b...

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Main Authors: Lucero Borja, Jorge Omar, Pouzo, Laura Beatriz, de la Torre, M.S., Langman, Leandro Ezequiel, Carduza, Fernando Jose, Corva, Pablo Marcelo, Santini, Francisco Jose, Pavan, Enrique
Format: info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2019
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Online Access:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871141314000900
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/4826
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2014.02.003

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