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Beef CRC
Papers from the Beef CRC, the cooperative research centre for the Australian beef industry, mostly given at the workshops and seminars it ran for producers, lot feeders and the wider supply chain: marbling, feedlot nutrition, weaner management and selling cattle.
The Beef CRC's own websites no longer carry these papers, so the summaries and citations here are the easiest way to find them again.
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Marbling and sensory traits in beef: what controls juiciness and flavour
J. Thompson · 2001
Understanding cattle growth curves to hit carcase specifications
B. Gaden · 2003
Improving marbling in beef cattle through genetics and gene tests
D. Johnston · 2002
Marbling in feedlot cattle: what growth and nutrition can and can't do
P. Dundon · 2003
Regional combinations study links beef genetics, growth path and profit
W.A. McKiernan, J.F. Wilkins and 7 others · 2006
Marbling in feedlot cattle: how nutrition and management shape the outcome
M.H. George · 2001
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Marbling in feedlot cattle: how nutrition and management shape the outcomeSummary
M.H. George · 2001 · Managing cattle feeding programs for marbling
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Understanding cattle growth curves to hit carcase specificationsSummary
B. Gaden · 2003 · Growth, maturity and carcase specifications
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The physiology of marbling in cattle: what drives fat within muscleSummary
G.S. Harper and D.W. Pethick · 2001 · The physiology of marbling
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Marbling in feedlot cattle: what growth and nutrition can and can't doSummary
P. Dundon · 2003 · Summary of growth and nutritional influences on marbling
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Improving marbling in beef cattle through genetics and gene testsSummary
D. Johnston · 2002 · Improving marbling by genetics
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Marbling and sensory traits in beef: what controls juiciness and flavourSummary
J. Thompson · 2001 · The relationship between marbling and sensory traits
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Regional combinations study links beef genetics, growth path and profitSummary
W.A. McKiernan, J.F. Wilkins, J.F. Grahman and 6 others · 2006 · CRC "Regional Combinations" Project
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Environmental factors on fatty acid composition and its impact on the assessment of marbling
R.K. Tume · 2001
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Feeder steer specifications - domestic requirements
A. McDonald · 2003
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Growth, development and nutritional manipulation of marbling in cattle
D.W. Pethick, G.S. Harper and H. Oddy · 2001
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Crossbreeding systems to target feeder steer markets
B. Sundstrom and D.C. Nicol · 2003
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An overview of MSA
J. Thompson · 2003
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Improving carcase and beef quality in Bos indicus through crossbreeding
H. Burrow · 2002
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The TG5 DNA marker test for marbling capacity in Australian feedlot cattle
W. Barendse, R. Bunch, M. Thomas and 3 others · 2001
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The role and power of ultrasound in predicting marbling
W. Upton and M.L. Wolcott · 2001