Managing goat production for meat quality

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 218-224

  Casey, N H ^a   Webb, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Environment; Genetic; Genotype; Goat; Meat quality; Physiological

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 77950516951     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2009.12.047     Document Type: Article

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