Cattle temperament: persistence of assessments and associations with productivity, efficiency, carcass and meat quality traits.

LM, Cafe; DL, Robinson; DM, Ferguson; BL, McIntyre; GH, Geesink; PL, Greenwood

doi:10.2527/jas.2010-3304

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Cattle temperament: persistence of assessments and associations with productivity, efficiency, carcass and meat quality traits.

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Authors:

Cafe LM

Robinson DL

Ferguson DM

Abstract

Relationships between temperament and a range of performance, carcass, and meat quality traits in young cattle were studied in 2 experiments conducted in New South Wales (NSW) and Western Australia (WA), Australia. In both experiments, growth rates of cattle were assessed during backgrounding on pas...

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