Effect of slaughter weight and aging time on the quality of meat from Awassi ram lambs

Meat Science

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 309-316

  Abdullah, Abdullah Y ^a   Qudsieh, Rasha I ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Aging time; Awassi ram lambs; Live weight; Meat quality

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 64049103971     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2009.01.027     Document Type: Article

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