Meat and carcass quality in two pig lines of different stress-susceptibility genotype and their crosses

Animal Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 441-447

  De Smet, S ^a   Bloemen, H ^b   Van de Voorde, G ^a   Spincemaille, G ^c   Berckmans, D ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Seghers Hybrid NV   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Carcass quality; Meat quality; Pigs; Stress

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032056103     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800009590     Document Type: Article

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