Advances in research on poultry and rabbit meat quality

Italian Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 741-750

  Cavani, Claudio ^a   Petracci, Massimiliano ^a   Trocino, Angela ^b   Xiccato, Gerolamo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Meat quality; Poultry; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 79952408763     PISSN: 15944077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ijas.2009.s2.741     Document Type: Article

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