Carcass and meat characteristics of the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 390-396

  Hoffman, Louwrens C ^a   Fisher, Peter P ^a   Sales, James ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Carcass components; Nile crocodile; Yields

Indexed keywords

CARCASS; COOKING; CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS; LINOLEIC ACID; MEAT; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PH; STEARIC ACID; WEIGHT;

ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0033999490     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0010(200002)80:3<390::AID-JSFA540>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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