Key factors involved in lamb quality from farm to fork in Europe

Journal of Integrative Agriculture

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1919-1930

  Sañudo, Carlos ^a   Muela, Erica ^a   Del Mar Campo, María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Consumer preferences; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888115302     PISSN: 20953119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(13)60629-2     Document Type: Review

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