Beef Nutritional Characteristics, Fat Profile and Blood Metabolic Markers from Purebred Wagyu, Crossbred Wagyu and Crossbred European Steers Raised on a Fattening Farm in Spain

A high intramuscular fat content characterizes Wagyu (WY) cattle breed. Our objective was to compare beef from WY, WY-by-Angus, or Wangus (WN) steers with European, Angus-by-Charolais-Limousine crossbred steers (ACL), considering metabolic biomarkers pre-slaughtering and nutritional characteristics,...

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Main Authors: Juan M. Vázquez-Mosquera, Aitor Fernandez-Novo, Eduardo de Mercado, Marta Vázquez-Gómez, Juan C. Gardon, José L. Pesántez-Pacheco, Ángel Revilla-Ruiz, Raquel Patrón-Collantes, Maria L. Pérez-Solana, Arantxa Villagrá, Daniel Martínez, Francisco Sebastián, Sonia S. Pérez-Garnelo, Susana Astiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-02-01
Series:Animals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/5/864