Effects of pig sire type and sex on carcass traits, meat quality and sensory quality of dry-cured ham

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1147-1154

  Armero, Eva ^a   Flores, Mónica ^a   Toldrá, Fidel ^a   Barbosa, Joan Anton ^b   Olivet, Jaume ^b   Pla, Marcial ^c   Baselga, Manuel ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

^b Cooperativa Agropecuaria de Guissona ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal mixed model; Carcass traits; Dry cured ham; Ham sensory quality; Meat quality; Pig; Sire types

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BREEDING;

EID: 0032978490     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(19990701)79:9<1147::AID-JSFA340>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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