Growth, yield of carcass and biochemical composition of meat and fat in nutria (Myocastor coypus) reared in an intensive production system

Meat Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 366-376

  Cabrera, M C ^a,b   del Puerto, M ^a   Olivero, R ^a   Otero, E ^a   Saadoun, A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^c la Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Carcass yield; Growth; Myocastor coypus; Nutria meat; Proximate composition

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MYOCASTOR COYPUS; MYOCASTORINAE;

EID: 33847172387     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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