Eating quality of lamb meat: Effects of breed, sex, degree of maturity and nutritional management

Meat Science

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 379-387

  Arsenos, G ^a   Banos, G ^a   Fortomaris, P ^a   Katsaounis, N ^a   Stamataris, C ^a   Tsaras, L ^a   Zygoyiannis, D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Lamb; Meat; Quality; Taste panel

Indexed keywords

MEAT QUALITY;

MARKETING; NUTRITION;

MEATS;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0036019627     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(01)00147-4     Document Type: Article

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