Buffalo meat quality, composition, and processing characteristics: Contribution to the global economy and nutritional security

Animal Frontiers

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 18-24

  Naveena, B M ^a   Kiran, M ^b  

^a National Research Centre on Meat   (India)

^b VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Buffalo meat; Composition; Processing; Quality; Value addition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84936985962     PISSN: 21606056     EISSN: 21606064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/af.2014-0029     Document Type: Article

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