Effects of the season of the year, truck type and location on truck on skin bruises and meat quality in pigs

Livestock Science

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-36

  dalla Costa, O A ^a,b   Faucitano, L ^c   Coldebella, A ^a   Ludke, J V ^a   Peloso, J V ^d   dalla Roza, D ^e   Paranhos da Costa, M J R ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d Sadia S A   (Brazil)

^e TRIEL HT Industria de Equipamentos Rodoviários Ltda   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Meat quality; Pigs; Season; Skin bruises; Transport; Truck type

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 33846818591     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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