Meat quality of entire and castrated male Boer goats raised under Australian conditions and slaughtered at different weights: Physical characteristics, shear force values and eating quality profiles

Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 213-219

  Pratiwi, N M Werdi ^a   Murray, P J ^a   Taylor, D G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Baroona Park   (Australia)

Author keywords

Castration; Goats; Meat quality; Slaughter weight

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 7544239869     PISSN: 13577298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s135772980009007x     Document Type: Article

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