Lamb meat quality of two breeds with protected origin designation. Influence of breed, sex and live weight

Meat Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 530-536

  Teixeira, A ^a   Batista, S ^a   Delfa, R ^b   Cadavez, V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

Author keywords

Instrumental measurement; Lamb; Meat quality; Sensory analysis

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 23844478907     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2005.04.036     Document Type: Article

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