Meat quality of bison (Bison bison bison) longissimus thoracis et lumborum following very fast chilling

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 327-337

  Janz, J A M ^a   Aalhus, J L ^b   Price, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bison; Meat quality; Very fast chilling

Indexed keywords

BISON; BISON BISON BISON; BUBALUS;

EID: 0036760868     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/A01-065     Document Type: Article

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