Meat quality comparison of Berkshire, Duroc and crossbred pigs sired by Berkshire and Duroc

Meat Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-42

  Suzuki, K ^a,b   Shibata, T ^a   Kadowaki, H ^a   Abe, H ^a   Toyoshima, T ^a  

^a Miyagi Prefecture Animal Industry Experiment Station   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Berkshire; Crossbred pigs; Duroc; Meat quality

Indexed keywords

CROSSBRED PIGS;

COMPOSITION; DATA REDUCTION; FATTY ACIDS; MUSCLE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

MEATS;

EID: 0037207840     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(02)00134-1     Document Type: Article

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