Carcass characteristics and meat quality of rabbit lines selected for different objectives: I. Between lines comparison

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-123

  Pla, M ^a   Guerrero, L ^b   Guardia, D ^b   Oliver, M A ^b   Blasco, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carcass composition; Meat quality; Rabbit lines

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0000742038     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(97)00179-6     Document Type: Article

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