Effect of different stunning voltages on blood loss, carcass quality and breast muscle pH

Archiv fur Geflugelkunde

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 126-131

  Ali, A S A ^a   Jensen, J Fris ^a   Jensen, J Askov ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood loss; Broiler; Different stunning voltages; Meat quality; Muscle ph

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041592389     PISSN: 00039098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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