Carcass characteristics and meat quality of rabbit lines selected for different objectives: II. Relationships between meat characteristics

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-131

  Hernández, Pilar ^a   Pla, M ^a   Blasco, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Meat quality; Principal components; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0009446776     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(97)00178-4     Document Type: Article

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