Effects of suckling length (45, 75 and 120 d) and rearing type on cortisol level, carcass and meat quality characteristics in Kivircik lambs

Meat Science

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-61

  Ekiz, Bulent ^a   Ergul Ekiz, Elif ^a   Yalcintan, Hulya ^a   Kocak, Omur ^a   Yilmaz, Alper ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carcass quality; Lamb; Meat quality; Weaning stress; Welfare

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE LEVEL; INVESTIGATE EFFECTS; LAMB; MEAT QUALITY; PLASMA CORTISOL; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY EVALUATION; SENSORY SCORES; SHEAR FORCE; WELFARE;

GLUCOSE;

MEATS;

OVIS ARIES;

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEAT; HUMAN; MEAT; MECHANICAL STRESS; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; TASTE; WEANING;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MEAT; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASTE; WEANING;

EID: 84861336130     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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