Meat quality of designated South African indigenous goat and sheep breeds

Meat Science

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 563-570

  Tshabalala, P A ^a,c   Strydom, P E ^b   Webb, E C ^a   De Kock, H L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c National Department of Agriculture   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Boer goat; Damara sheep; Dorper sheep; Meat quality

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; FATTY ACIDS; OILS AND FATS; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

BOER GOAT; DAMARA SHEEP; DORPER SHEEP; MEAT QUALITY;

MEATS;

CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037904759     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1740(02)00249-8     Document Type: Article

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