Diet/management effects on carcass attributes and meat quality of young goats

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-98

  Johnson, D D ^a   McGowan, C H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composition; Diet; Goat; Management; Palatability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039473280     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4488(97)00071-0     Document Type: Article

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