Small ruminant production systems and factors affecting lamb meat quality

C San, A Sanchez, M Alfonso - Meat science, 1998 - Elsevier
The influence of sheep production systems on the environment of the Mediterranean area
and the different productive systems of lamb in Spain are described. Moreover the actual …

Fatty acid composition and sensory characteristics of lamb carcasses from Britain and Spain

C Sañudo, ME Enser, MM Campo, GR Nute, G Marıa… - Meat science, 2000 - Elsevier
Fatty acid composition of intramuscular fat in M. Longissimus was measured in four groups
of lambs representing two Spanish breeds: Rasa Aragonesa (RA) and Merino (ME) and two …

Carcass and meat quality in light lambs from different fat classes in the EU carcass classification system

C Sañudo, M Alfonso, A Sánchez, R Delfa, A Teixeira - Meat science, 2000 - Elsevier
Ninety commercial lamb carcasses were analysed according to the four different fat classes
in the light lamb European classification system. Shoulder fat increased 3%, muscle …

Influence of sex and slaughter weight on carcass and meat quality in light and medium weight lambs produced in intensive systems

H Vergara, A Molina, L Gallego - Meat science, 1999 - Elsevier
Effects of slaughter weight and sex on carcass characteristics and lamb meat quality of
Manchega Spanish breed were analysed. Forty-five lambs were divided into two slaughter …

Effect of nutritional factors on fatty acid composition of lamb fat deposits

P Bas, P Morand-Fehr - Livestock Production Science, 2000 - Elsevier
A literature review was made of the influence of nutritional factors on the fatty acid
composition of fat deposits and muscles of lambs. A bibliographic data base, containing 979 …

Effect of live weight and sex on physico-chemical and sensorial characteristics of Merino lamb meat

JF Tejeda, RE Peña, AI Andrés - Meat science, 2008 - Elsevier
Forty-eight lamb carcasses were divided into four groups (n= 12) according to slaughter
weight (24 and 29kg) and sex (male and female). Colour, pH, moisture, and intramuscular …

Regional variation in the hedonic evaluation of lamb meat from diverse production systems by consumers in six European countries

C Sañudo, M Alfonso, R San Julián, G Thorkelsson… - Meat science, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper describes the responses of consumers in six European countries (Greece, Italy,
Spain, France, Iceland and United Kingdom) tasting meat from twelve different local types of …

Carcass measurements and meat quality of Turkish Merino, Ramlic, Kivircik, Chios and Imroz lambs raised under an intensive production system

B Ekiz, A Yilmaz, M Ozcan, C Kaptan, H Hanoglu… - Meat science, 2009 - Elsevier
Effect of breed on carcass measurements and meat quality characteristics were investigated
by using 46 lambs from Turkish Merino, Ramlic, Kivircik, Chios and Imroz breeds. Chios and …

Effect of different feeds on meat quality and fatty acid composition of lambs fattened at pasture

S Velasco, V Cañeque, S Lauzurica, C Pérez… - Meat Science, 2004 - Elsevier
Two kinds of feed (commercial concentrate vs whole supplemented barley) were compared
in unweaned lambs and lambs weaned at 40 days of age, fattened at pasture and …

Effects of genotype and slaughter weight on the meat quality of Criollo Cordobes and Anglonubian kids produced under extensive feeding conditions

F Peña, A Bonvillani, B Freire, M Juárez, J Perea… - Meat Science, 2009 - Elsevier
Physicochemical and organoleptic characteristics of meat (longissimus muscle) from Criollo
Cordobes (CC) and Anglonubian (AN) suckling kids were analysed to determine the effects …