Carcass measurements and meat quality of Turkish Merino, Ramlic, Kivircik, Chios and Imroz lambs raised under an intensive production system

Meat Science

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-70

  Ekiz, Bulent ^a   Yilmaz, Alper ^a   Ozcan, Mustafa ^a   Kaptan, Cuneyt ^b   Hanoglu, Hulya ^b   Erdogan, Ismail ^b   Yalcintan, Hulya ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Marmara Animal Breeding Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breed effect; Carcass measurements; Eating quality; Lamb; Meat quality

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 60249099335     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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