Effect of fast-, medium- and slow-growing strains on meat quality of chickens reared under the organic farming method

Animal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 312-319

  Sirri, F ^a   Castellini, C ^b   Bianchi, M ^a   Petracci, M ^a   Meluzzi, A ^a   Franchini, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

chicken; genotype; meat quality; organic farming

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 79952818898     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S175173111000176X     Document Type: Article

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