Effect of dietary oregano oil supplementation on lamb meat characteristics

Meat Science

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-223

  Simitzis, P E ^a   Deligeorgis, S G ^a   Bizelis, J A ^a   Dardamani, A ^a   Theodosiou, I ^a   Fegeros, K ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Lamb; Meat quality; Oregano; Oxidation

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO SATIVA; ORIGANUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 40849100078     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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