Sustained growth promotion, carcass and meat quality of steers slaughtered at three liveweights

Abstract

The experiment measured the effect of a sustained growth promotion strategy on growth rate, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of Brahman and F 1 Brahman crossbred steers. Meat quality was assessed objectively by laboratory measurement and a subset of samples evaluated subjectively by consumer taste panels. Steers were allocated to one of 12 treatment groups; 2 implant strategies