Resource Name |
Published By |
AUS-MEAT - Beef and Veal Language brochure |
AUS-MEAT |
AUS-MEAT - Chiller Assessment |
AUS-MEAT |
AUS-MEAT - Over the hooks guide |
AUS-MEAT |
Beef carcasses with larger eye muscle areas, lower ossification scores and improved nutrition have a lower incidence of dark cutting |
Meat Science Vol. 92 Issue 4. Dec 2012 pp. 474-480 |
Beef cattle breeding systems |
NSW DPI, Primefact 624, May-07 |
Beef CRC fact sheets |
Beef CRC |
Beef CRC publications |
Beef CRC |
Beefspecs Calculator |
NSW DPI |
Beefspecs Tip and Tool |
NSW DPI |
Brahman and Brahman crossbred cattle grown on pasture and in feedlots in subtropical and temperate Australia |
Animal Production Science (2009) 49(5&6): 439-451 |
Breed differences and genetic parameters for fat traits of crossbred cattle |
Proc. Assoc. Advmt. Anim. Breed. Genet. Vol 14 477 |
BREEDPLAN EBVs - the traits explained |
BREEDPLAN Website |
BREEDPLAN tip sheets |
BREEDPLAN Website Tip sheets |
Bruising in beef cattle slaughtered at an abattoir in southern Queensland |
Abstract, Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 25(4) 727- 733
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Bull Selection |
NSW DPI Booklet |
Cattle breed types |
NSW DPI, PRIMEFACT 623, May-07 |
Cattle must have sound teeth |
NSW DPI, Agfact A0.2.2, second edition 1989, Reviewed September 2002 |
CRC 'Regional Combinations' Project - Regional beef systems to improve productivity and profitability |
Beef CRC Conference, Armidale NSW, March 2006 pp. 127-134 (CRC for Beef Genetic Technologies) |
Crossbreeding systems for beef cattle |
MLA Website |
Colour of fat, and colour, fatty acid composition and sensory characteristics of muscle from heifers offered alternative forages to grass silage in a finishing ration |
Meat Science. Available online 23 May 2013 |
Dark cutting |
Farmnote 61/00, Western Australian |
Dark cutting and animal temperament |
AMPC (2005) |
Dark cutting beef - managing cattle to reduce DCB |
NSW DPI, Agnote DAI-245 First Edition, 13 June 2001 |
Dark cutting beef - what is it? |
NSW DPI, Agnote DAI-244 First Edition, 13 June 2001 |
Dentition in a northern environment |
Agnote J58, Dec-02, Northern Territory Gvt. |
Developing an effective breeding plan for your beef business |
NSW DPI, Primefact 620, May-07 |
Development of the Meat Standards Australia (MSA) prediction model for beef palatability |
Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture (2008) 48:1368-1379 |
Dressing percentage guide |
NSW DPI, PRIMEFACT 340 (REPLACES AGFACT A2.7.17), JANUARY 2007 |
Economic advantages of better management of your beef breeding herd |
Primefact 627, May-07 |
Effect of supplementation and age of slaughter on marbling |
Beef CRC Fact Sheet (2012) |
Effects of genetics and growth rate on beef production and meat quality |
Beef CRC - Regional Combinations (2007) |
Fat composition of beef and sheepmeat: opportunities for manipulation |
Food Science Australia, Meat Technology Update 2/08. April 2008. |
Fat distribution and eating quality |
MLA - MSA Tips and Tools |
Finishing cattle with supplements at pasture |
Proc. Aust. Soc. Anim. Prod. 1996 Vol.21, pp.82-91 |
Frame scoring of beef cattle |
Agfact A2.3.4 Edition: Second edition Last updated: 12 Jan 2005 |
Genetics |
NSW DPI, Primefact 625, May-07 |
Genetic and phenotypic characterisation of animal, carcass and meat quality traits from temperate and tropically adapted beef breeds |
Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, 2003, 54 pp119-134 |
Genotype and growth rate effects on marbling intramuscular fat and eating quality in feedlot - finished beef carcases |
Animal Production in Australia 25, 331 |
Growth, maturity and carcase suitability |
Southern Beef School, July 2006, Bob Gaden |
Guaranteed eating quality |
Australian Beef - the Leader Conference (pp. 111-120) |
High pH/dark beef |
Food Science Australia, Meat Technology Update 98/1 (February 1998). Reprinted 2006 |
How does marbling develop? |
Beef CRC publication |
Improving marbling by genetics |
Johnston, D (2006) pp. 104-106 |
Key Messages for commercial breeders in Southern Australia |
Beef CRC publication |
Live beef cattle assessment |
NSW DPI, Primefact 622, May 2007 |
Livestock Library |
Search Engine |
Managing cattle feeding programs for marbling |
Beef CRC Marbling Symposium 2001 pp. 125-128 |
Marbling and quality of meat |
Meat Technology Update, Food Science Australia, June 2005 |
Marbling in a nutshell |
Beef CRC publication |
Market specifications for beef cattle |
NSW DPI, Primefact 621, May-07 |
Mature weight |
Northern Territory Agnote J78, Mar-04 |
Meat Standards Australia |
Meat Standards Australia Homepage |
MLA's current events |
MLA Events List |
More Beef from Pastures Program |
MLA Website |
MSA on-farm management checklist |
MLA Website |
Muscle scoring beef cattle |
NSW DPI, PRIMEFACT 328 (REPLACES AGFACT A2.3.35), JANUARY 2007 |
Muscularity and a Productive Breeding Herd - Achieving Both |
Beef CRC Fact Sheet, J. Accioly |
On the Growth Path to Profit |
Beef CRC Publication, Jun-09 |
Ossification and beef eating quality |
MLA - MSA Tips and Tools |
Preventing dark meat colour |
Beef CRC |
Producing Quality Beef |
Beef CRC Publication, May-04 |
Productivity Consequences of Incorporating Late Maturing Genes into a Tropically-adapted Breeding Herd in the Victoria River District, NT |
Paper from The Kidman Springs Genotype Trial 1995-2001, Department of Primary Industries Northern Territory |
Reducing dark-cutting in pasture-fed beef steers by high-energy supplementation |
Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture (2007) 47(11):1277-1283 |
Saleable Meat Yield |
Western Australian Dept. Agriculture, Farmnote 26/2004, Reviewed 2007 |
Science for quality beef
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Beef CRC (p13) |
Seasonal variation in muscle glycogen in beef steers |
Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture (2004) 44(8):729-734 |
Selection for muscling and its effects on carcase attributes |
Beef CRC Fact Sheet, J. Accioly |
Shape assessment and muscle score in beef cattle |
NSW DPI, Agnote DAI-256 Edition: First edition Last updated: 21 Aug 2001, NSW DPI |
Some factors affecting fat colour in beef |
CSIRO Newsletter 93/4. 15 July 1993 |
Sources of variation in subcutaneous fat colour of beef carcasses |
Proc. Aust. Soc. Anim. Prod. Vol.18 (416-419) |
Summary of growth and nutritional influences on marbling |
Dundon (2003) 31 October 2003 pp. 53-54 |
The behaviour and bruising of cattle during transport at different space allowance |
Abstract, Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 28(6) 695 - 698 |
The effect of marbling on beef eating quality |
MLA - MSA Tips and Tools |
The effect of pH on beef eating quality |
MLA - MSA Tips and Tools |
Tools & calculators |
MLA |
Training Courses - New South Wales |
Profarm Homepage, NSW DPI |
Training Courses - Northern Territory |
Northern Territory, Department of Resources - Primary Industries, Training Courses webpage |
Training Courses - Queensland |
Animal industries services webpage, QLD DAFF |
Training Courses - South Australia |
Rural Solutions, Workshops page |
Training Courses - Tasmania |
Homepage Tasmanian Food and Agriculture , Training courses, field days and workshops, Tasmania |
Training Courses - Victoria |
Homepage , Victorian DPI Agriculture |
Training Courses - Western Australian |
Department of Agriculture and Food , Events |
Visual and manual assessment of fatness in cattle |
NSW DPI, PRIMEFACT 282, (REPLACES AGFACT A2.7.16), NOVEMBER 2006 |