Lamb production from diverse genotypes 2. Carcass characteristics

Animal Science

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 147-156

  Fogarty, N M ^a   Hopkins, D L ^b,c   Van De Ven, R ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b Agricultural Research Station   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carcass composition; Lamb; Meat quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 22844457089     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1357729800051687     Document Type: Article

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