Strategic finishing feeding as a tool in the control of pork quality

Meat Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 397-406

  Rosenvold, K ^a   Laerke H N ^a   Jensen, S K ^a   Karlsson, A H ^a   Lundstrom K ^b   Andersen, H J ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Muscle glycogen; Pork quality; Strategic feeding; WHC

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0035597926     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(01)00092-4     Document Type: Article

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