Effects of age on composition and quality of muscle Longissimus thoracis of the Omani Arabian camel (Camelus dromedaries)

Meat Science

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 619-625

  Kadim, I T ^a   Mahgoub, O ^a   Al Marzooqi, W ^a   Al Zadjali, S ^b   Annamalai, K ^a   Mansour, M H ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b Muscat Municipality   (Oman)

Author keywords

Age; Camel; Composition; Longissimus thoracis; Meat quality

Indexed keywords

CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS;

EID: 33646765420     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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