The effect of food deprivation prior to slaughter on performance, behaviour and meat quality

Meat Science

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 413-418

  Beattie, V E ^a,d   Burrows, M S ^a   Moss, B W ^b   Weatherup, R N ^c  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c Greenmount Coll of Agric and Hort   (United Kingdom)

^d DEVENISH NUTRITION LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feeding behaviour; Food deprivation; Meat quality; Pigs; Production performance

Indexed keywords

FOOD DEPRIVATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; MUSCLE; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MEATS;

EID: 0036024909     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(02)00031-1     Document Type: Article

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