Enhancing muscle fatty acid profile by pasture finishing within a dairy-origin calf-to-steer beef production system and its potential to authenticate the dietary history of the cattle

The influence of modifying a traditional 24-mo dairy steer calf to beef production system on the fatty acid composition of the longissimus muscle and its potential to authenticate beef provenance was examined. Fifty-four male calves (n = 18 per sire breed), progeny of Holstein-Friesian cows mated wi...

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Main Authors: A.P. Moloney, M.G. Keane, F.J. Monahan, T.F. O’Callaghan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Compuscript Ltd 2021-11-01
Series:Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research
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Online Access:https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.15212/ijafr-2020-0138