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Fat growth and its partition between depots in crossbred steers by different sire breeds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

K J Solly ,
A J Kempster  and
J R Southgate
K J Solly
Affiliation:
Meat and Livestock Commission, PO Box 44, Queensway House, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK2 2EF
A J Kempster
Affiliation:
Meat and Livestock Commission, PO Box 44, Queensway House, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK2 2EF
J R Southgate
Affiliation:
Meat and Livestock Commission, PO Box 44, Queensway House, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK2 2EF
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Extract

Consumer resistance to overfat meat is growing because of its wastefulness and increasing concern about the probable link between fat consumption and health. Despite this, there is little evidence to indicate any material change in the fatness of British beef carcasses over the past 10 years. The average separable fat content of beef carcasses in both 1974/76 and 1984 is estimated to be 220g/kg (Kempster, Cook and Grantley-Smith, 1986).

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Silage and Beef Production
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1987 , March 1987 , pp. 53
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1987

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References

Kempster, A. J., Cook, G. L. and Grantley-Smith, M. 1986. Meat Science 17: 107 – 138.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kempster, A. J. and Southgate, J. R. 1984. Livestock Production Science 11: 491 – 501.CrossRefGoogle Scholar