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What is the Connection between Weight of the Cattle and Marbling?

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:07:07 CDT

What is the Connection between Weight of the Cattle and Marbling?


In today's Beef Buzz, we wrap up part three of our conversation with Dr. Brad Johnson, a meat scientist from Texas Tech University. Johnson continues to discuss his research on marbling and focuses on the connection between marbling and the weight of the cattle. In the U.S., cattle producers tend to focus more on muscle and marbling, however, marbling scores are independent from weight. Johnson says even if the cattle are on feed for more days, it is not going to change the marbling score dramatically.


Johnson says his long-term goal for his research on marbling is to form a type of intervention strategy much like what is used for growth enhancement. Johnson says a feed additive or an implant to give the cattle to turn on the marbling without making the cattle any fatter would be one way to fulfill this goal.


The Beef Buzz is a regular feature heard on radio stations around the region on the Radio Oklahoma Network- but is also a regular audio feature found on this website as well. Click on the listen bar below for today's show- and check out our archives for older Beef Buzz shows covering the gamut of the beef cattle industry today.


To listen to part one of our interview with Dr. Brad Johnson, where he discusses higher grades of cattle- click here.


For part two of our interview with Dr. Johnson, where he discusses more on marbling, along with age and breeding- click here.



   


   

Ron Hays Beef Buzzes with Dr. Brad Johnson about marbling and cattle weight
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