Effect of gender on meat quality in lamb from extensive and intensive grazing systems when slaughtered at the end of the growing season

Meat Science

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 305-310

  Lind, Vibeke ^a,b   Berg, Jan ^b   Eilertsen, Svein Morten ^a   Hersleth, Margrethe ^c   Eik, Lars Olav ^b  

^a Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c NOFIMA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fatty acid composition; Norwegian White Sheep; Ryegrass; Sensory profile

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID COMPOSITION; FRESH MEAT; GRAZING SEASON; GRAZING SYSTEMS; GROWING SEASON; LONGISSIMUS; MEAT QUALITY; NORWEGIAN WHITE SHEEP; RYEGRASS; SENSORY PROFILES; SWEET TASTE;

CULTIVATION; MEATS; WOOL;

FATTY ACIDS;

LOLIUM; OVIS ARIES;

FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; TASTE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DIET; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NORWAY; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SHEEP; TASTE;

EID: 79951770158     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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