Patterns of growth and partitioning of fat depots in tropical fat-tailed Menz and Horro sheep breeds

Meat Science

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 491-498

  Negussie, E ^a   Rottmann, O J ^a   Pirchner, F ^b   Rege, J E O ^c  

^a ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Allometry; Fat depots; Sheep; Tropics

Indexed keywords

SHEEP BREEDS;

FOOD PROCESSING; OILS AND FATS; TISSUE;

MEATS;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037208106     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(02)00227-9     Document Type: Article

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