The genetics of carcase and beef quality: take-home messages from the Beef CRC

Title
The genetics of carcase and beef quality: take-home messages from the Beef CRC
Publication Date
2006
Author(s)
Burrow, Heather Mary
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7989-0426
Email: hburrow2@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:hburrow2
Johnston, David
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4995-8311
Email: djohnsto@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:djohnsto
Thompson, John Mitchell
Reverter, A
Barwick, Stephen
Perry, Diana
Editor
Editor(s): Heather Burrow
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
CRC for Beef Genetic Technologies
Place of publication
Armidale, Australia
UNE publication id
une:4326
Abstract
Australian beef breeders are faced with the challenge of using vastly diverse production environments and systems to produce cattle that are both productive and profitable and beef products that satisfy consumer requirements. To do this, they need knowledge of genetic and non-genetic influences on beef production and quality. Reviews of the literature in the early-mid 1990s indicated that many traits associated with body composition of cattle, including meat yield and fatness, are under genetic control. Such control provides an ability to manipulate beef quantity through genetic means. However at that time, there were very few reports relating to the genetic influences on eating quality of beef, particularly with respect to consistency of tenderness and palatability.
Link
Citation
Australian beef-The Leader, Proceedings of the Beef CRC Conference, p. 69-77
Start page
69
End page
77

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