Effect of gender, terminal sire line and age at slaughter on performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality of heavy pigs

Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-45

  Latorre, M A ^a   Medel, P ^a,c   Fuentetaja, A ^b   Lazaro R ^a   Mateos, G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b COPESE S A ^*  (Spain)

^c Imasde Agropecuaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carcass quality; Genotype; Growth; Meat quality; Pigs

Indexed keywords

PIERIS BRASSICAE;

EID: 0043204521     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1357729800053625     Document Type: Article

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