Physicochemical properties of meat of Italian Heavy Draft horses slaughtered at the age of eleven months

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1205-1214

  Tateo, A ^a   De Palo, P ^a   Ceci, E ^a   Centoducati, P ^a  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Color; Fatty acid; Foal meat; Ph; Tenderness; Water holding capacity

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; COLORIMETRY; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY COMPOSITION; COLORIMETRY; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HORSES; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RHEOLOGY; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 43749097648     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2007-0629     Document Type: Article

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