Slaughter and carcass characteristics, chemical composition and physical properties of <i>longissimus lumborum</i> muscle of heifers as related to marbling class

Oler, A.; Głowińska, B.; Młynek, K.

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Slaughter and carcass characteristics, chemical composition and physical properties of longissimus lumborum muscle of heifers as related to marbling class

A. Oler, B. Głowińska, and K. Młynek

A. Oler

Department of Cattle Breeding, University of Technology and Life Sciences, Bydgoszcz, Poland

B. Głowińska

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR

bglow@utp.edu.pl

Department of Animal Physiology, University of Technology and Life Sciences, Bydgoszcz, Poland

K. Młynek

Department of Cattle Breeding and Milk Evaluation, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Siedlce, Poland

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