Quality of three muscles from suckler bulls finished on concentrates and slaughtered at 16 months of age or slaughtered at 19 months of age from two production systems

Quality of three muscles from suckler bulls finished on concentrates and slaughtered at 16 months of age or slaughtered at 19 months of age from two production systems

There is a requirement in some beef markets to slaughter bulls at under 16 months of age. This requires high levels of concentrate feeding. Increasing the slaughter age of bulls to 19 months facilitates the inclusion of a grazing period, thereby decreasing the cost of production. Recent data indicat...

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Main Authors: L. Moran, S.S. Wilson, M.G. O’Sullivan, M. McGee, E.G. O’Riordan, F.J. Monahan, J.P. Kerry, A.P. Moloney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Animal
Subjects:
beef
palatability
gluteus medius
semitendinosus
longissimus thoracis
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731120001007

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