The influence of terminal sire genotype, sex, slaughter weight, feeding regime and slaughter-house on growth performance and carcass and meat quality in pigs and on the organoleptic properties of fresh pork

Animal Science

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 521-530

  Ellis, M ^a   Webb, A J ^d   Avery, P J ^b   Brown, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Genotypes; Growth; Meat quality; Pigs; Slaughter weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030170744     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135772980001506X     Document Type: Article

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