Effects of weight at slaughter and sex on the carcass characteristics of Florida suckling kids

Meat Science

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 543-550

  Peña, Francisco ^a   Perea, J ^a   Garcia A ^a   Acero, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carcass; Kids; Sex; Slaughter weight

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845751517     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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