Meat quality of mixed sex lambs grazing pasture and supplemented with, roughage, oats or oats and sunflower meal

Meat Science

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 277-283

  Hopkins, D L ^a   Hall, D G ^b   Channon, H A ^c   Holst, P J ^a  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aroma; Diet; Flavour; Lamb; Sex; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

AVENA; HELIANTHUS; LOLIUM; LOLIUM RIGIDUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM SUBTERRANEAN;

EID: 0035627309     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(01)00080-8     Document Type: Article

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