Effects of live weight at slaughter (6, 10 and 25 kg) on kid carcass and meat quality

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 247-256

  Marichal, A ^a   Castro, N ^a   Capote, J ^b   Zamorano, M J ^a   Arguello A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b Canary Agronomic Science Institute   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carcass; Kids; Live weight at slaughter; Meat; Quality

Indexed keywords

CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 0141673194     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(03)00113-1     Document Type: Article

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