Plasma variables, meat quality, and glycolytic potential in broilers stunned with different carbon dioxide concentrations

Poultry Science

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1831-1836

  Xu, L ^a   Ji, F ^a   Yue, H Y ^a   Wu, S G ^a   Zhang, H J ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Qi, G H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Broiler; Carbon dioxide; Gas stunning; Glycolytic potential; Meat quality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79960357291     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2010-01330     Document Type: Article

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