Muscle biological and biochemical ramifications of farmed game husbandry with focus on deer and reindeer

Game meat hygiene in focus: Microbiology, epidemiology, risk analysis and quality assurance

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 297-314

  Wiklund, Eva ^a   Smulders, Frans J M ^b  

^a Svenska Samernas Riksförbund ^*  (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

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EID: 85199640494     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/9789086867233_023     Document Type: Chapter

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