How many muscle samples are required to obtain reliable estimations of muscle fibre characteristics from pig longissimus muscle?

Meat Science

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 583-587

  Cerisuelo, A ^a   Sala, R ^a   Nurnberg G ^b   Baucells, M ^a   Rehfeldt, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intraclass correlation coefficient; Longissimus muscle; Method; Muscle fibre; Pig

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 34247142368     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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