Corticosterone alters meat quality by changing pre-and postslaughter muscle metabolism

Poultry Science

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1609-1617

  Gao, J ^a   Lin, H ^a   Song, Z G ^a   Jiao, H C ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Broiler; Buffering capacity; Corticosterone; Meat quality; Stress

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 49449091091     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2007-00007     Document Type: Article

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