Productive performance and meat quality of Mouflon × Sarda and Sarda × Sarda suckling lambs

Meat Science

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 326-334

  Vacca, G M ^a   Carcangiu, V ^a   Dettori, M L ^a   Pazzola, M ^a   Mura, M C ^a   Luridiana, S ^a   Tilloca, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mouflon; Sarda sheep breed; Suckling lamb

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES; OVIS ARIES MUSIMON; SARDA;

EID: 49649114446     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2007.12.016     Document Type: Article

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