La qualité de la viande de porc influence des facteurs d'élevage non génétiques sur les caractéristiques du tissu musculaire

Productions Animales

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-28

  Lebret, B ^a   Lefaucheur, L ^a   Mourot, J ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

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