• Genetic and management factors affecting beef quality in grazing Hereford steers 

      Melucci, Lilia Magdalena; Panarace, M.; Feula, P.; Villarreal, Edgardo Leopoldo; Grigioni, Gabriela Maria; Carduza, Fernando Jose; Soria, Liliana A.; Mezzadra, Carlos Alberto; Arceo, Maria E.; Papaleo Mazzucco, Juliana; Corva, Pablo Marcelo; Irurueta, Martin; Rogberg Muñoz, Andres; Miquel, María Cristina (Elsevier, 2012-12)
      Attributes contributing to differences in beef quality of 206 Hereford steers finished on pasture were assessed. Beef quality traits evaluated were: Warner–Bratzler meat tenderness and muscle and fat color at one and seven ...
    • Slaughter weight, sex and age effects on beef shear force and tenderness 

      Lucero Borja, Jorge Omar; Pouzo, Laura Beatriz; de la Torre, M.S.; Langman, Leandro Ezequiel; Carduza, Fernando Jose; Corva, Pablo Marcelo; Santini, Francisco Jose; Pavan, Enrique (Elsevier, 2014-05)
      In Argentina, beef cattle prices decrease as slaughter weight increases regardless of animal age or carcass maturity, and this decrease is significantly greater in heifers (15%) than in steers (5%). The objectives of the ...