Comparison of slaughter performances and meat qualities of Honghe yellow cattle at different ages

We examined differences in slaughter performance and meat quality of Honghe yellow cattle different ages. randomly selected nine bulls for at 12 (12M), 36 (36M), 60 (60M) months age. There were significant antemortem live weight, carcass net weight among the three groups, all which increased with Backfat thickness 36M (4.77±0.25 mm) 60M (5.50±0.50 was significantly higher than 12M (3.00±0.00 mm), loin-eye [...]