Relationship between Japanese beef marbling standard and intramuscular lipid in the M. longissimus thoracis of Japanese Black and American Wagyu Cattle

P J Cameron; M Zembayashi; D K Lunt; T Mitsuhashi; M Mitsumoto; S Ozawa; S B Smith

doi:10.1016/0309-1740(94)90125-2

Relationship between Japanese beef marbling standard and intramuscular lipid in the M. longissimus thoracis of Japanese Black and American Wagyu Cattle

Meat Sci. 1994;38(2):361-4. doi: 10.1016/0309-1740(94)90125-2.

Authors

P J Cameron¹, M Zembayashi, D K Lunt, T Mitsuhashi, M Mitsumoto, S Ozawa, S B Smith

Affiliation

¹ Department of Animal Science, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.

PMID: 22059673
DOI: 10.1016/0309-1740(94)90125-2

Abstract

Japanese Black and American Wagyu steers (n = 155) were slaughtered and graded under typical Japanese production conditions, and then analyzed for percentage ether-extractable fat at the 6th thoracic vertebra. The percentage of intramuscular lipid was used to develop a prediction equation for the Japanese beef marbling standard (BMS) with R(2) = 0·7619.