Effect of rearing practices on the abundance of protein biomarkers of tenderness and intramuscular fat content in the French Rouge des Pres cows

摘要

Tenderness and intramuscular fat content (IMF) constitute internationally major quality traits to be controlled in beef. Recently some proteins considered as biomarkers of these quality traits have been identified (for review: Picard and Gagaoua, 2017; Ceciliani et al., 2018). The present study used multivariate analyses to assess the effect of rearing practices applied during the finishing period on the relative abundance of 20 of these proteins quantified in 86 Rouge des Pres cows.