PHYSorg.com: PHYSorg news tagged with: beef http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Lawmaker wants probe of E. coli and school lunches (AP) -- The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches. http://www.physorg.com/news176963421.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:31:50 EST news176963421 Breeding their horns off -- a winner A team of scientists led by CSIRO's Dr Kishore Prayaga has been awarded a prestigious Australian Museum Eureka Prize for its work to develop a simple genetic test which has the potential to end the need to dehorn cattle in Australia. http://www.physorg.com/news169898016.html Biology Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:55:09 EST news169898016 Big cattle -- the genes that determine carcass weight An area of chromosome 6 that affects cattle carcass weight has been identified using two different Japanese species. Knowledge of this four-gene region, described in the open access journal BMC Genetics, should be useful in breeding beef cattle. http://www.physorg.com/news168600120.html Biology Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:22:53 EST news168600120 Good taste measured by science; oleic acid in beef used to predict taste Different projects and research are under way to create standards indicating how good agricultural and livestock products taste. http://www.physorg.com/news168542502.html Chemistry Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:10:01 EST news168542502 Researchers find way to cut cattle methane, threat to environment, by 25 percent Beef farmers can breathe easier thanks to University of Alberta researchers who have developed a formula to reduce methane gas in cattle. http://www.physorg.com/news160927285.html Space & Earth Thu, 07 May 2009 15:01:51 EST news160927285 Cattle fed distiller's grains maintain flavor and tenderness of beef The availability and use of wet distiller's grains in beef finishing diets continues to increase as the ethanol industry expands, and some Texas AgriLife Research scientists are trying to determine if that will affect consumers' meat purchases. http://www.physorg.com/news143892511.html Other Sciences Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:08:31 EST news143892511 Study shows consumers find grass-fed beef acceptable High feed-grain prices and the growing interest in "natural" foods have spurred both consumers and farmers to consider grass-fed beef, and a recent study done by Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences researchers may reinforce this trend. http://www.physorg.com/news137084264.html Other Sciences Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:57:44 EST news137084264