Rigor development and meat quality of large and small broilers and the use of Allo-Kramer shear, needle puncture, and razor blade shear to measure texture

Poultry Science

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-118

  Cavitt, L C ^a   Meullenet, J F ^a   Gandhapuneni, R K ^a   Youm, G W ^a   Owens, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler; Meat; Rigor; Shear; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344255211     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/84.1.113     Document Type: Article

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