Pork Carcass Composition: I. Interrelationships of Compositional End Points

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2399-2404

  Swensen, K ^a   Ellis, M ^b   Brewer, M S ^b,c   Novakofski, J ^b   McKeith, F K ^b  

^a Viscase Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c 399 Bevier Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Carcasses; Chemical Analysis; Composition; Pigmeat

Indexed keywords

LIPID; PROTEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; LIPIDS; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROTEINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWINE;

EID: 0032150642     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.7692399x     Document Type: Article

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