Slaughter performance of four different Turkey strains, with special focus on the muscle fiber structure and the meat quality of the breast muscle

Poultry Science

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1849-1859

  Werner, C ^a   Riegel, J ^a   Wicke, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Commercial strain; Growth; Meat quality; Muscle structure; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 51349130948     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2007-00188     Document Type: Article

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