Relationships between sensory and physicochemical measurements in meat of rabbit from three different breeding systems using canonical correlation analysis

Meat Science

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 835-841

  Combes, Sylvie ^a,b   González, Ignacio ^c   Déjean, Sébastien ^c   Baccini, Alain ^c   Jehl, Nathalie ^d   Juin, Hervé ^e   Cauquil, Laurent ^a,b   Gabinaud, Béatrice ^a,b   Lebas, François ^a,b   Larzul, Catherine ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d ITAVI   (France)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation analysis; Rabbit meat quality; Sensory attributes

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 50549091208     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2008.03.033     Document Type: Article

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