Sex effect on meat quality and carcass traits of foals slaughtered at 15 months of age

Animal

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1199-1207

  Lorenzo, J M ^a   Sarries M V ^b   Franco, D ^a  

^a CENTRO TECNOLÓGICO DE LA CARNE DE GALICIA   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

carcass characteristics; Foal; meat quality; nutritional value; sensory properties

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HORSE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPAIN; STANDARD;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HORSES; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPAIN;

EID: 84878471830     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731113000189     Document Type: Article

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