Slaughter quality and rigor contraction in farmed turbot (Scophthalmus maximus); a comparison between different stunning methods

Aquaculture

Volumn 272, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 754-761

  Roth, Bjorn ^a,b   Imsland, Albert ^a,c   Gunnarsson, Snorri ^c   Foss, Atle ^d   Schelvis Smit, Rian ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORCONSERV   (Norway)

^c AKVAPLAN NIVA ICELAND OFFICE   (Iceland)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Slaughter and quality; Stunning; Turbot

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLATFISH; MARKET; MEAT;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

SCOPHTHALMIDAE; SCOPHTHALMUS MAXIMUS;

EID: 35748937644     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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