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Muscle Development of Livestock Animals: Physiology, Genetics and Meat Quality

Edited By: MFW Te Pas, HP Haagsman and ME Everts
432 pages
Publisher: CABI Publishing
Muscle Development of Livestock Animals: Physiology, Genetics and Meat Quality
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  • Muscle Development of Livestock Animals: Physiology, Genetics and Meat Quality ISBN: 9780851998114 Hardback Sep 2004 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 6 days
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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.

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Number and size of muscle fibres in relation to meat production; The effect of growth and exercise on muscle characteristics in relation to meat quality; Nutrition, hormone receptor expression, and gene interactions; The impact of minerals and micronutrients on growth control; Local and Systemic Regulation of Muscle Growth; Proteolytic systems and the regulation of muscle remodeling and breakdown; Genome Analysis of QTL for Muscle Tissue Development and Meat Quality; Functional genomics and proteomics in relation to muscle tissue; Genetic Control of Intramuscular Fat Accretion; Post-mortem muscle proteolysis and meat tenderness; Water holding capacity of meat

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Edited By: MFW Te Pas, HP Haagsman and ME Everts
432 pages
Publisher: CABI Publishing
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