Relationship between carcass weight, skatole level and sensory assessment in fat of different boars

Czech Journal of Food Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 520-530

  Parunovic, Nenad ^a   Petrovic, Milica ^c   Matekalo Sverak, Vesna ^a   Parunovic, Jasmina ^d   Radovic, Cedomir ^b  

^a Institute of Meat Hygiene and Technology   (Serbia)

^b Institute for Animal Husbandry   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^d Veterinary Specialist Institute   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Boar; Sensory assessment; Skatole; Weight

Indexed keywords

FOOD TECHNOLOGY;

BOAR; SENSORY ASSESSMENT; SENSORY PANELS; SENSORY PROFILES; SKATOLE; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; WEAK CORRELATION; WEIGHT;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

SUIDAE;

EID: 78650400341     PISSN: 12121800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/243/2009-cjfs     Document Type: Article

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