In vivo assessment of breast muscle, abdominal fat and total fat volume in meat-type chickens by magnetic resonance imaging

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-144

  Kover G ^a   Romvari R ^a   Horn, P ^a   Berenyi E ^a   Jensen, J F ^b   SOrensen P ^c  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abdominal fat; Chicken; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Pectoral muscle; Total body fat

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHICKEN; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD;

ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CHICKENS; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PECTORALIS MUSCLES;

EID: 0031615912     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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