Live weight and sex effects on carcass and meat quality of "Borrego terrincho-PDO" suckling lambs

Meat Science

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 654-661

  Santos, V A C ^a   Silva, S R ^a   Mena, E G ^a   Azevedo, J M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carcass composition; Meat quality; Slaughter weight; Suckling lambs

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 35648982346     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2007.05.019     Document Type: Article

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