Methods of predicting lamb carcass composition: A review

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-254

  Stanford, K ^a   Jones, S D M ^b   Price, M A ^c  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carcass; Composition; Lamb; Review; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000211458     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(97)00143-0     Document Type: Review

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