Regional composition of carcass and tissue composition of cuts from lambs slaughtered with different subcutaneous fat thicknesses

The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of the subcutaneous fat thickness (SFT) on the regional composition of the carcass, the tissue composition of cuts, and the leg muscularity index of Santa Inês lambs. This experiment involved 24 uncastrated male lambs at approximately 100 days of a...

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Main Authors: Ana Carla Santana Andrade, Francisco de Assis Fonseca de Macedo, Gladston Rafael de Arruda Santos, Larissa de Oliveira Queiroz, Natália Holtz Alves Pedroso Mora, Thiago Gomes Macedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Londrina 2017-08-01
Series:Semina: Ciências Agrárias
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Online Access:http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semagrarias/article/view/26675