Muscle development of livestock animals: physiology, genetics and meat quality
Muscle development of livestock animals: physiology, genetics and meat quality [electronic resource]
Edited by M. F. W. te Pas, M. E. Everts, H. P. Haagsman.
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- WallingfordUK CABI Publishing 2004
- 411pp.;
- CABI Books .
- CABI Books .
Well-developed and functional muscle tissues are a prerequisite for healthy meat-producing animals. Good muscle development leads to improved meat quality. Hence modern breeds of livestock animal have been selectively bred for better conformation, increased muscle size and increased muscle-to-bone ratio. This book describes all aspects of muscle development research, and contains contributions from leading research groups around the world.
9780851990415
10.1079/9780851998114.0000 doi
domesticated birds muscle physiology muscle tissue microelements muscle fibers mutations genetic regulation swine fetal development livestock Sus Artiodactyla Ovis birds skeletal muscle pigs sheep Chordata muscle fibres hogs genotype nutrition interaction muscular hypertrophy gene expression genes eukaryotes Sus scrofa domestic animals exercise hormone receptors hormones meat production Suiformes poultry water holding capacity body fat ruminants proteomics quantitative trait loci genome analysis cattle trace elements mammals vertebrates genomes genomics meat quality fetus animals foetus genetics muscles myostatin growth meat postmortem changes postnatal development Bos Bovidae Suidae proteolysis animal nutrition tenderness minerals
Well-developed and functional muscle tissues are a prerequisite for healthy meat-producing animals. Good muscle development leads to improved meat quality. Hence modern breeds of livestock animal have been selectively bred for better conformation, increased muscle size and increased muscle-to-bone ratio. This book describes all aspects of muscle development research, and contains contributions from leading research groups around the world.
9780851990415
10.1079/9780851998114.0000 doi
domesticated birds muscle physiology muscle tissue microelements muscle fibers mutations genetic regulation swine fetal development livestock Sus Artiodactyla Ovis birds skeletal muscle pigs sheep Chordata muscle fibres hogs genotype nutrition interaction muscular hypertrophy gene expression genes eukaryotes Sus scrofa domestic animals exercise hormone receptors hormones meat production Suiformes poultry water holding capacity body fat ruminants proteomics quantitative trait loci genome analysis cattle trace elements mammals vertebrates genomes genomics meat quality fetus animals foetus genetics muscles myostatin growth meat postmortem changes postnatal development Bos Bovidae Suidae proteolysis animal nutrition tenderness minerals