Effect of information about animal welfare, expressed in terms of rearing conditions, on lamb acceptability

Meat Science

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 431-436

  Napolitano, F ^a   Braghieri, A ^a   Caroprese, M ^b   Marino, R ^b   Girolami, A ^a   Sevi, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Animal welfare; Expectancy; Information; Lamb; Rearing conditions; Sensory

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34547428978     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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