Physiological stress responses and meat quality traits of kids subjected to different pre-slaughter stressors

Small Ruminant Research

Volumn 100, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 137-142

  Zimerman, M ^a   Grigioni, G ^b,c   Taddeo, H ^a   Domingo, E ^a  

^a Inst Nac de Tecnol Agropecuaria   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Goats; Meat quality; Pre slaughter stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 80053575517     PISSN: 09214488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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