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Genetic parameters of carcass and meat quality traits of double muscled Piemontese cattle.
Meat science - 1 Sept 2011
Boukha A, Bonfatti V, Cecchinato A, Albera A, Gallo L, Carnier P, Bittante G
Abstract excerpt
Genetic parameters of meat quality (MQ) were estimated on Longissimus thoracis muscle of 1208 Piemontese young bulls, progeny of 109 AI sires. Carcass weight (CW), conformation (EUS) and pH (pH24h) were recorded at 24h and lightness (L*), redness (a*), yellowness (b*), pH (pH8d), drip loss (DL), cooking loss (CL) and shear force (SF) were assessed. The heritability (h(2)) of pH24h was very low (0.06), but h2 of...
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