Live animal predictions of carcass components and marble score in beef cattle: model development and evaluation

Until recently, beef carcass payment grids were predominantly based on weight and fatness categories with some adjustment for age, defined as number of adult teeth, to determine the price received by Australian beef producers for slaughter cattle. With the introduction of the Meat Standards Australi...

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Main Authors: M.J. McPhee, B.J. Walmsley, H.C. Dougherty, W.A. McKiernan, V.H. Oddy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731120000324