Effect of sire and sex on the intramuscular fatty acid profile and indices for enzyme activities in pigs

Livestock Science

Volumn 122, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 264-270

  Ntawubizi, M ^a   Raes, K ^b   Buys, N ^c   De Smet, S ^a  

^a Faculty of Bioscience Engineering   (Belgium)

^b Hogeschool West Vlaanderen   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Desaturase; Elongase; Fatty acids; Pork; Sex; Sire variance

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 67349179040     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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