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Growth Performance and Meat Characteristics of the First Awassi–Rambouillet Callipyge Backcross

SIMPLE SUMMARY: The Awassi sheep breed is very resilient in the Mediterranean region but shows poor meat quality. The callipyge mutation enhances growth and meat characteristics, and as such we bred Awassi-Rambouillet Callipyge carrier rams with Awassi ewes and compared meat quality in the first bac...

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Autores principales: Jawasreh, Khaleel I., Alamareen, Ahmad Hasen, Obeidat, Mohammad Diya, Aad, Pauline Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6719001/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31374974
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani9080517