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dc.contributor.authorKeane, Michael G.*
dc.contributor.authorAllen, Paul*
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-24T16:15:04Z
dc.date.available2014-07-24T16:15:04Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.citationM.G. Keane and P. Allen. A note on muscle composition and colour of Holstein-Friesian, Piedmontese × Holstein-Friesian and Romagnola × Holstein-Friesian steers. Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research 48: 103–108, 2009en_GB
dc.identifier.issn0791-6833
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11019/653
dc.descriptionpeer-revieweden_GB
dc.description.abstractHolstein-Friesian (HF), Piedmontese × Holstein-Friesian (PM) and Romagnola × Holstein-Friesian (RO) steers were compared for muscle composition and colour. A total of 120 steers in a 3 breed types (HF, PM and RO) × 2 feeding levels (low and high) × 2 finishing periods (short, S and extended, E) factorial experiment were used. Three samples of m. longissimus were taken for chemical analysis, measurement of drip loss and Hunterlab colour measurements. Muscle moisture and protein concentrations were lower, and lipid concentration was higher for HF than for PM and RO, which were similar. There were no effects of feeding level on chemical composition, but after blooming all colour values except hue were lower for the higher feeding level. The E finishing period reduced moisture, protein, drip-loss, L (lightness), a (redness) and chroma values. It is concluded that PM and RO had similar muscle composition but HF had a higher lipid concentration. Feeding level had few effects on muscle composition, but extended finishing increased all measures of fatness and reduced colour values.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherTeagasc, Oak Park, Carlow, Irelanden_GB
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIrish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research;vol 48
dc.subjectBeef breedsen_GB
dc.subjectDairy crossesen_GB
dc.subjectMuscle colouren_GB
dc.subjectMuscle compositionen_GB
dc.titleA note on muscle composition and colour of Holstein-Friesian, Piedmontese × Holstein-Friesian and Romagnola × Holstein-Friesian steers.en_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
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