The effect of livestock production system and concentrate level on carcass traits and meat quality of foals slaughtered at 18 months of age

Animal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 494-503

  Lorenzo, J M ^a   Crecente, S ^b   Franco, D ^a   Sarries M V ^c   Gomez M ^a  

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

^b INGACAL Instituto Gallego de la Calidad Agroalimentaria   (Spain)

^c PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

carcass characteristics; foal; meat quality; nutritional value; production system

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; DIET; HORSE; MEAT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POACEAE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BACK MUSCLES; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; FATTY ACIDS; HORSES; MEAT; METHYL ETHERS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; POACEAE;

EID: 84894290764     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S175173111300236X     Document Type: Article

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