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The science of animal growth and meat technology /
This book combines fundamental science-based and practical concepts relating to the prenatal and postnatal growth of cattle, sheep, and pigs. It provides the necessary components to understand the production and growth of livestock for safe and quality meat products and presents an understanding of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, U.K. :
Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier,
[2019]
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Historical perspectives of the meat and animal industry and their relationship to animal growth, body composition, and meat technology
- Prenatal growth and its relationship to carcass and meat quality traits
- Bone growth and development with relationships to live animal and carcass evaluation
- Muscle growth and development and relationships to meat quality and composition
- Fat and fat cells in domestic animals
- Growth curves and growth patterns
- Harvest processes for meat
- Methods to measure body composition of domestic animals
- Intrinsic cues of fresh meat quality
- Conversion of muscle to meat
- Muscle structure and function
- Meat microbiology and safety
- Fresh and cured meat processing and preservation
- Sausage processing and production
- Packaging for meat and meat products.