Modelling quality variations in commercial Ontario pork production

Meat Science

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-131

  Purslow, P P ^a   Mandell, I B ^a   Widowski, T M ^a   Brown, J ^a   deLange, C F M ^a   Robinson, J A B ^a   Squires, E J ^a   Cha, M C ^a   VanderVoort, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colour; Meat quality; Pork; Texture; Water holding

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 45849097988     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2008.05.022     Document Type: Review

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