A sensory description of boar taint and the effects of crude and dried chicory roots (Cichorium intybus L.) and inulin feeding in male and female pork

Meat Science

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 252-269

  Byrne, Derek V ^a   Thamsborg, Stig M ^a   Hansen, Laurits L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Boar taint; Chicory; Descriptive sensory profiling; Multivariate data analysis; Pork meat

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CICHORIUM INTYBUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 40849087860     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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