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Effect of Piglet Birth Weight on Carcass Muscle and Fat Content and Pork Quality – A Review Cover

Effect of Piglet Birth Weight on Carcass Muscle and Fat Content and Pork Quality – A Review

Annals of Animal Science
Volume 15 (2015): Issue 2 (April 2015)
By: Anna Rekiel,  Justyna Więcek,  Martyna Batorska and  Józef Kulisiewicz  
Open Access
|Apr 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoas-2014-0088 | Journal eISSN: 2300-8733 | Journal ISSN: 1642-3402
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Language: English
Page range: 271 - 287
Submitted on: Feb 12, 2014
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Accepted on: Nov 18, 2014
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Published on: Apr 23, 2015
Published by: National Research Institute of Animal Production
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Keywords:
birth weight,
myogenesis,
slaughter value,
pork quality
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Biotechnology,
Zoology,
Medicine,
Veterinary medicine

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