32 research outputs found
Mating behavior and female accompaniment in the whiptail lizard Cnemidophorus ocellifer (Squamata, Teiidae) in the Caatinga region of northeastern Brazil
A biopsy technique to predict quality in the live beef animal with emphasis on tenderness
Because tenderness is considered the most desired eating
characteristic in meat, more emphasis should be placed on this
trait in evaluating beef quality in breeding and selection programs.
Both tenderness and marbling are highly heritable traits
(Heritability = approximately 0.6), therefore much improvement
could be made through progeny testing of sires; however, this requires
considerable time and expense. This consideration, plus
an increasing interest in feeding young beef bulls for market,
led to an interest in applying a biopsy technique to evaluate and
predict meat quality in the live animal