Lawrie's meat science /

Contents: Factors affecting the growth and development of meat animals (cattle, sheep and pigs); The structure and growth of muscle; Chemical and biochemical constitution of muscle; The conversion of muscle to meat; The spoilage of meat by infecting organisms; The storage and preservation of meat (t...

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Main Author: Lawrie, R. A. (Ralston Andrew)
Corporate Author: Knovel (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Woodhead, 1998.
Edition:6th ed.
Series:Woodhead Publishing series in food science and technology.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Contents: Factors affecting the growth and development of meat animals (cattle, sheep and pigs); The structure and growth of muscle; Chemical and biochemical constitution of muscle; The conversion of muscle to meat; The spoilage of meat by infecting organisms; The storage and preservation of meat (temperature and moisture control, and direct microbial inhibition); The eating quality of meat; meat and human nutrition; prefabricated meat.
Item Description:Previous edition published as: Meat science. Oxford : Pergamon, 1991.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 336 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1591241170
9781591241171
1855733951
9781855733954