Comparison of carcass traits and meat quality of Hyplus hybrid, purebred Pannon White rabbits and their crossbreds

Archives Animal Breeding

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 389-399

  Metzger, Szilvia ^a   Odermatt, Meinrad ^b   Szendro, Zsolt ^a   Mohaupt, Mónika ^b   Romvári, Róbert ^a   Makai, Antal ^b   Biró Németh, Edit ^a   Radnai, István ^a   Sipos, Lajos ^b  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Olivia Ltd   (Hungary)

Author keywords

body weight gain; carcass traits; genotype; meat quality; rabbit

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33747201448     PISSN: 00039438     EISSN: 23639822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/aab-49-389-2006     Document Type: Article

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