caa a22 4500 386320462 CHVBK 20180307111624.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198812 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0003356100003664 doi S0003356100003664 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0003356100003664 A note on the food conversion and meat quality of crossbred Aberdeen Angus and Charolais heifers [Elektronische Daten] The food conversion and meat quality of 10 Aberdeen Angus and 10 Charolais crossbred heifers, about 18 to 20 months of age, was measured. The animals were finished using diet of hay and concentrates for up to 10 weeks prior to slaughter at either fat class or 4L using the Meat and Livestock Commission scheme. There were no significant breed differences in food conversion. Post slaughter, samples of muscle from the L. dorsi over the 11 to 12th rib from all heifers were used for sensory evaluation using a trained taste panel. The muscle from heifers in fat class 4L showed an increased flavour intensity compared with those in fat class 3 (P < 0·05). No other differences in sensory characteristics were found. The measurement of muscle fibre areas in the L. dorsi revealed no significant differences, suggesting a similarity in the texture of the meat from the breeds when slaughtered at the same age. Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1988 Hankey Catherine North of Scotland College of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD Kay M. North of Scotland College of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD Animal Production Cambridge University Press 47/3(1988-12), 497-500 0003-3561 47:3<497 1988 47 ASC https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003356100003664 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003356100003664 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hankey Catherine North of Scotland College of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kay M. North of Scotland College of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen AB9 1UD NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Animal Production Cambridge University Press 47/3(1988-12), 497-500 0003-3561 47:3<497 1988 47 ASC CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge