Carcass traits and retail display-life of chops from different goat breed types

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1262-1266

  Oman, J S ^a   Waldron, D F ^a,b   Griffin, D B ^a   Savell, J W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Agric Research and Extension Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Angora; Goat; Goat breeds; Goat Feeding; Goat Meat

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GOAT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MEAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; GOATS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MEAT;

EID: 0034184631     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2000.7851262x     Document Type: Article

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