Prediction of suckling lamb carcass composition from objective and subjective carcass measurements

Meat Science

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 895-902

  Diaz M T ^a   Caneque V ^a   Lauzurica, S ^b   Velasco, S ^a   Ruiz de Huidobro F ^c   Perez C ^b  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Inst Madrileno Invest Agraria A   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carcass composition; Carcass measurements; Prediction equations; Suckling lambs

Indexed keywords

CARCASS COMPOSITION; CARCASS MEASUREMENTS; PREDICTION EQUATIONS; SUCKLING LAMBS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FLAVORS; FOOD PRESERVATION; MUSCLE; OILS AND FATS; REFRIGERATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MEATS;

LAMB; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0942278718     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2003.08.013     Document Type: Article

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