The assessment of carcass composition of Awassi male lambs by real-time ultrasound at two different live weights

Meat Science

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1031-1036

  Orman, Abdülkadir ^a   Çalişkan, G Ülke ^a   Dikmen, Serdal ^a   Üstüner, Hakan ^a   Ogan, M Mustafa ^a   Çalişkan, Çaǧlar ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Awassi; Fat thickness; Lamb; Longissimus dorsi muscle; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 52149103791     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2008.04.022     Document Type: Article

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