The use of various live animal measurements to predict carcass and meat quality in two divergent lamb breeds

Meat Science

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1138-1149

  Lambe, N R ^a   Navajas, E A ^a   Schofield, C P ^b   Fisher, A V ^c   Simm, G ^a   Roehe, R ^a   Bunger L ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Silsoe Livestock Systems Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcass composition; Computed tomography; Lambs; Meat quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 52049121271     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2008.05.026     Document Type: Article

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