Physical and chemical characteristics of donkey meat from Martina Franca breed

Meat Science

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 469-471

  Polidori, P ^a   Cavallucci, C ^a   Beghelli, D ^a   Vincenzetti, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Scienze Morfologiche e Biochimiche Comparate   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Donkey; Fatty acids; Meat colour

Indexed keywords

EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 67349253382     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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