Meat /

Meat provides an introductory review of the meat-eating habit in man and covers the production, preservation, composition, eating quality, human nutrition, and assessment of the future role of meat. Meat continues to be a major food commodity. Despite the high cost of production of meat animals and...

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Corporate Authors: Easter School in Agricultural Science University of Nottingham, ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Cole, D. J. A. (Editor), Lawrie, R. A. (Ralston Andrew) (Editor)
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Westport, Connecticut : Avi Publishing Company, 1975.
Edition:First American edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Meat provides an introductory review of the meat-eating habit in man and covers the production, preservation, composition, eating quality, human nutrition, and assessment of the future role of meat. Meat continues to be a major food commodity. Despite the high cost of production of meat animals and their lower efficiency of protein synthesis compared with that of plants and micro-organisms, meat is likely to be important in the human diet for as long as can be foreseen in the future. This book intends to emphasize the fact that the sequence of events, from the conception of meat animals to the.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781483144696
1483144690