Carcass characteristics of suckling lambs protected by the PGI "lechazo de Castilla y León" European quality label: Effect of breed, sex and carcass weight

Meat Science

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 82-89

  Miguelez E ^a   Zumalacarregui J M ^a   Osorio, M T ^a   Beteta, O ^b   Mateo, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Department of Food Science and Engineering   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Breed; Carcass; Carcass composition; Conformation; PGI; Sex; Suckling lamb

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 31744437946     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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