Use of meat quality information in breeding programmes

Improving the Sensory and Nutritional Quality of Fresh Meat

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 264-291

  Simm, G ^a   Lambe, N ^a   Bunger L ^a   Navajas, E ^a   Roehe, R ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84903915177     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9781845695439.2.264     Document Type: Chapter

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