Performance, carcass conformation and meat quality of suckling, weaned and heavy lambs, and culled fattened ewes of autochthonous alpine sheep breeds

Performance, carcass conformation and meat quality of suckling, weaned and heavy lambs, and culled fattened ewes of autochthonous alpine sheep breeds

Several local sheep breeds of the Alpine regions are in danger of extinction as a result of mountain farms being abandoned. Three fattening trials were carried out on 4 breeds of the Veneto region (Foza, Lamon, Alpagota, and Brogna) on a total of 115 ewes and suckling lambs, weaned lambs and heavy l...

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Main Authors: Giovanni Bittante, Erika Pellattiero, Alessio Cecchinato, Franco Tagliapietra, Enrico Sturaro, Maurizio Ramanzin, Michele Pazzola, Giuseppe Massimo Vacca, Stefano Schiavon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-01-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
Subjects:
mutton meat
meat promotion
sheep biodiversity
local sheep breeds
endangered genetic resources
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1828051X.2021.1920484

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