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Production and processing studies on calpain-system gene markers for beef tenderness: consumer assessments of eating quality.
Journal of animal science - 1 Aug 2012
Robinson D L, Cafe L M, McIntyre B L, Geesink G H, Barendse W, Pethick D W, Thompson J M, Polkinghorne R, Greenwood P L
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the effects of calpain-system genetic markers on consumer beef quality ratings, including interactions of marker effects with hormonal growth promotant (HGP) use and tenderstretch hanging. Brahman cattle in New South Wales (NSW; n = 164) and Western Australia (WA; n = 141) were selected at weaning from commercial and research herds to achieve balance and divergence in calpastatin (CAST) and...
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