Improving Tenderness of Normal and Callipyge Lambs with Calcium Chloride

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 377-385

  Clare, T L ^a   Jackson, S P ^a   Miller, M F ^a   Elliott, C T ^a   Ramsey, C B ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium Chloride; Callipyge; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

CALCIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD HANDLING; GENETICS; MALE; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SHEEP; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; TIME;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHENOTYPE; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031066229     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.752377x     Document Type: Article

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