Feeding strategies to design the fatty acid profile of sheep milk and cheese

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 445-456

  Nudda, Anna ^a   Battacone, Gianni ^a   Neto, Oscar Boaventura ^a   Cannas, Antonello ^a   Francesconi, Ana Helena Dias ^a   Atzori, Alberto Stanislao ^a   Pulina, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

By products; Cheese; CLA; Dairy sheep; Milk quality; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906538609     PISSN: 15163598     EISSN: 18069290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-35982014000800008     Document Type: Review

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