Free Fatty Acid Composition of the Adipose Tissue of Intact and Castrated Lambs Slaughtered at 12 and 30 Weeks of Age

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3113-3116

  Sutherland, Michelle M ^a   Ames, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Branched chain fatty acids; Fatty acids; Lamb; Sheepmeat

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0000427659     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960049h     Document Type: Article

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