Article
Heritabilities and phenotypic and genetic correlations for bovine postrigor calpastatin activity, intramuscular fat content, Warner-Bratzler shear force, retail product yield, and growth rate.
Journal of animal science - 1 Apr 1994
Shackelford S D, Koohmaraie M, Cundiff L V, Gregory K E, Rohrer G A, Savell J W
Abstract excerpt
To estimate the heritability (h2) of postrigor calpastatin activity (CA), 555 steers were reared and processed conventionally. Breed-types included purebreds (Angus [A], Braunvieh [B], Charolais [C], Gelbvieh [G], Hereford [H], Limousin [L], Pinzgauer [P], Red Poll [RP], and Simmental [S]), compo...
Topics
- Adipose Tissue
- Animals
- Body Composition
- Breeding
- Calcium-Binding Proteins
- Calpain
- Cattle
- Least-Squares Analysis
- Male
- Meat
- Muscles
- Phenotype
- Postmortem Changes
- Weight Gain