Effect of partially or totally replacing soybean meal and maize by chickpeas (Cicer arietinum L.) in lamb diets: Growth performances, carcass and meat quality

Animal Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 263-270

  Lanza, Massimiliano ^a   Bella, Marco ^a   Barbagallo, Damaso ^a   Fasone, Venera ^b   Finocchiaro, Lucia ^a   Priolo, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barbaresca; Chickpea; Lamb; Meat quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CICER ARIETINUM; GLYCINE MAX; OVIS ARIES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0042388026     PISSN: 16273583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/animres:2003019     Document Type: Article

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