Fatty acid composition and sensory quality of Musculus longissimus and carcass parameters in red deer (Cervus elaphus) grazed on natural pasture or fed a commercial feed mixture

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 419-424

  Wiklund, Eva ^a,b   Manley, Timothy R ^a   Littlejohn, Roger P ^a   Stevenson Barry, Joanne M ^a  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Commercial feed; Farmed deer; Meat quality; Muscle glycogen; Natural pasture; Neutral lipids; Polar lipids; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Sensory quality; Ultimate pH; Venison

Indexed keywords

FOOD SCIENCE;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MUSCULUS;

EID: 0037380602     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.1384     Document Type: Article

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