Comparison of objective external carcass measurements and subjective conformation scores for prediction of lamb carcass quality

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 217-223

  Stanford, K ^a   Woloschuk, C M ^b   McClelland, L A ^b   Jones, S D M ^b   Price, M A ^c  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carcass; Lamb; Measurement; Meat yield

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031485705     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A96-015     Document Type: Article

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