Article
Effect of biological type of cattle on the incidence of the dark, firm, and dry condition in the longissimus muscle.
Journal of animal science - 1 Feb 1994
Shackelford S D, Koohmaraie M, Wheeler T L, Cundiff L V, Dikeman M E
Abstract excerpt
The objectives of this experiment were to characterize longissimus muscle color, texture, and firmness for beef carcasses of diverse biological types and to determine the genetic parameters of lean color, texture, and firmness. The carcasses (n = 3,641) used in this experiment were from steers produced by mating Angus, Brahman, Braunvieh, Charolais, Chianina, Galloway, Gelbvieh, Hereford, Jersey, Limousin,...
Topics
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Body Composition
- Breeding
- Cattle
- Crosses, Genetic
- Genetic Variation
- Least-Squares Analysis
- Male
- Meat
- Muscles