Effect of concentrate finishing on the carotenoid content of perirenal fat in grazing sheep: Its significance for discriminating grass-fed, concentrate-fed and concentrate-finished grazing lambs

Animal Science

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 225-233

  Prache, S ^a   Priolo, A ^a   Grolier, P ^b  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Grazing; Lamb (meat); Tracer techniques

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0142135424     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1357729800058963     Document Type: Article

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