Non-invasive measurement of muscle development in lambs postnatally - Implications for meat quality

Archiv fur Tierzucht

Volumn 48, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 56-62

  Tygesen, Malin P ^a   Therkildsen, M ^b   Harrison, Adrian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CMAP; Small ruminants; Stimulation; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 18244378027     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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