The effect of ingesting a saltbush and barley ration on the carcass and eating quality of sheepmeat

Animal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 479-490

  Pearce, K L ^a,b   Pethick, D W ^b   Masters, D G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atriplex spp.; Carcass quality; Eating quality; Saltbush; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX NUMMULARIA; HORDEUM; OVIS ARIES; SARCOBATUS VERMICULATUS;

EID: 43049138449     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731107001449     Document Type: Article

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