Effects of gender, sire line, and penning environment on growth, carcass characteristics, and aspects of pork meat quality at different locations in the loin

Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-61

  Mandell, I B ^a   Campbell, C P ^a   De Lange, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Intramuscular fat; Longissimus; Pork; Shear; Sire line

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33751261167     PISSN: 00083984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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