Comparing the Canadian pork lean yields and grading indexes predicted from grading methods based on Destron and Hennessy probe measurements

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 451-458

  Pomar, C ^a,b   Marcoux, M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Destron; Hennessy; Lean yield; Pork; Prediction; Probes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345393799     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/a02-107     Document Type: Article

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