Relationships of Meat Characteristics of Two Lines of Rabbits Selected for Litter Size and Growth Rate

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2936-2941

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

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Meat Quality; Principal Component Analysis; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; FEMALE; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; GROWTH; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RABBITS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031267246     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.75112936x     Document Type: Article

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