Association between animal, transportation, slaughterhouse practices, and meat pH in beef

Meat Science

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 232-238

  Mach, N ^a   Bach, A ^a,b   Velarde, A ^a   Devant, M ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beef; Meat pH; Pre slaughter management

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 36849058264     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2007.06.021     Document Type: Article

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