Effect of early post-mortem cooling on temperature, pH fall and meat quality in pigs

Meat Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-129

  Maribo, Hanne ^a   Olsen, Eli V ^a   Barton Gade, Patricia ^a   Møller, Anders Juel ^b   Karlsson, Anders ^c  

^a DANISH MEAT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

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EID: 0032162292     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(98)00022-9     Document Type: Article

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