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Cattle temperament: persistence of assessments and associations with productivity, efficiency, carcass and meat quality traits.
Journal of animal science - 1 May 2011
Cafe L M, Robinson D L, Ferguson D M, McIntyre B L, Geesink G H, Greenwood P L
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Relationships between temperament and a range of performance, carcass, and meat quality traits in young cattle were studied in 2 experiments conducted in New South Wales (NSW) and Western Australia (WA), Australia. In both experiments, growth rates of cattle were assessed during backgrounding on pasture and grain finishing in a feedlot. Carcass and objective meat quality characteristics were measured after...
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