Nutritional effects of beef connective tissue characteristics and eating qualities

Authors

J.J. Wu
Melvin C. Hunt
Donald H. Kropf
Dell M. Allen
Curtis L. Kastner

Keywords

Cattlemen's Day, 1981; Report of progress (Kansas State University. Agricultural Experiment Station); 394; Beef; Quality grade; Yield grade; Gain

Abstract

We compared taste panel and connective tissue characteristics of beef fed a high energy diet with beef fed grass. The high energy diet produced higher USDA quality and yield grades, more rapid weight gain, and increased connective tissue collagen synthesis arid breakdown. But, it did not consistently improve taste panel and shear characteristics over grass-feeding.

Recommended Citation

Wu, J.J.; Hunt, Melvin C.; Kropf, Donald H.; Allen, Dell M.; and Kastner, Curtis L. (1981) "Nutritional effects of beef connective tissue characteristics and eating qualities," Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports: Vol. 0: Iss. 1. https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5977.2578