Intramuscular fat content in meat-producing animals: Development, genetic and nutritional control, and identification of putative markers

Animal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 303-319

  Hocquette, J F ^a   Gondret, F ^b   Baza, E ^c   Mdale, F ^d   Jurie, C ^a   Pethick, D W ^e  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

^d Unite mixte INRA IFREMER Universite Bordeaux 1 UMR Nuage   (France)

^e MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Muscle, fat, fish, mammals, poultry

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 75949086919     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731109991091     Document Type: Article

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