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Effect of age and carcass weight on quality traits of m. rectus abdominis from Charolais heifers.
Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience - 1 Apr 2017
Ellies-Oury M P, Dumont R, Perrier G, Roux M, Micol D, Picard B
Abstract excerpt
In practice cattle may be slaughtered at different combinations of age and weight. As each of these factors could affect meat quality traits, the present work aimed to identify which combination can be expected to increase overall meat quality of m. rectus abdominis of Charolais heifers. Totally, 40 heifers were slaughtered either at 26±1 or at 36±1 months of age. Young heifers were sampled at two different...
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