Carcass and meat parameters in Cornigliese sheep breed as affected by sex and age-class

A total of 72 animals from Cornigliese sheep breed were reared under homogeneous conditions, with the aim to assess the effect of sex (males, females) and age-class (heavy lambs, adults) on carcass and meat parameters. A model with fixed effects of herd, sex, slaughtering session, age-class and inte...

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Main Authors: Alberto Sabbioni, Valentino Beretti, Ernesto M. Zambini, Paola Superchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-01-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2015.1130201