Comparison of meat and carcass quality in organically reared and conventionally reared pasture-fed lambs

Animal

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2001-2009

  Prache, S ^a   Gatellier, P ^b   Thomas, A ^a   Picard, B ^a   Bauchart, D ^a  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b UR370 QuaPA   (France)

Author keywords

fatty acids; lamb; meat; organic farming; pasture feeding

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 80955132699     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731111001030     Document Type: Article

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