Genetic and environmental effects on a meat spotting defect in seasoned dry-cured ham
Purpose of this investigation was to determine the nature of a visible spotting defect on the slice of dry-cured ham and assess environmental and genetic causes of this frequent problem. A group of 233 pigs from commercial cross-breeding lines, progeny of ten boars and forty seven sows, was raised i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Italian Journal of Animal Science |
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| Online Access: | http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/1788 |