Meat quality traits of commercial hybrid pigs in Argentina

Meat Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 458-462

  Lloveras, M R ^a   Goenaga, P R ^a   Irurueta, M ^a   Carduza, F ^a   Grigioni, G ^a,b   Garcia P T ^a   Amendola A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Genotypes; Meat quality; Pig; Pork

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 43649097260     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2007.10.033     Document Type: Article

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