Welfare and meat quality of beef cattle housed on two types of floors with the same space allowance;Benessere e qualità della carne di vitelloni allevati su due tipi di pavimentazione a parità di superficie per capo

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 243-253

  Gottardo, Flaviana ^a   Ricci, Rebecca ^a   Fregolent, Gianluca ^a   Ravarotto, Licia ^b   Cozzi, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Meat quality; Type of floor; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 5144232187     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2003.243     Document Type: Article

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