Muscle development of livestock animals : physiology, genetics and meat quality /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Everts, M. E. (Editor), Haagsman, H. P. (Editor), Pas, M. F. W. te (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2004.
Subjects:	Livestock > Genetics. Meat > Quality. Muscles > Physiology. Veterinary physiology. Animal Genetics and Breeding, (New March 2000) Animal Nutrition (General) Animal Physiology and Biochemistry (Excluding Nutrition) Animal Reproduction and Embryology, (New March 2000) Food Composition and Quality. Meat Produce. Meat Producing Animals. Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002) Animal nutrition. Body fat. Cattle. Domestic animals. Exercise. Fetal development. Fetus. Gene expression. Genes. Genetic regulation. Genetics. Genome analysis. Genomes. Genomics. Genotype nutrition interaction. Growth. Hormone receptors. Hormones. Livestock. Meat production. Meat quality. Meat. Minerals. Muscle fibres. Muscle physiology. Muscle tissue. Muscles. Muscular hypertrophy. Mutations. Pigs. Postmortem changes. Postnatal development. Poultry. Proteolysis. Proteomics. Quantitative trait loci. Sheep. Skeletal muscle. Tenderness. Trace elements. Water holding capacity. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Number and Size of Muscle Fibres in Relation to Meat Production / C. Rehfeldt, I. Fiedler and N.C. Stickland
Fibre Type Identification and Functional Characterization in Adult Livestock Animals / C. Reggiani and F. Mascarello
Manipulation of Muscle Fibre Number During Prenatal Development / N.C. Stickland, S. Bayol, C. Ashton and C. Rehfeldt
The Effect of Growth and Exercise on Muscle Characteristics in Relation to Meat Quality / E.G. Dingboom and W.A. Weijs
Nutrition, Hormone Receptor Expression and Gene Interactions : Implications for Development and Disease / M.J. Dauncey, M. Katsumata and P. White
The Impact of Minerals and Micronutrients on Growth Control / I. Dørup
Na+,K+-ATPase in Skeletal Muscle : Significance of Exercise and Thyroid Hormones for Development and Performance / S. Slob, P.H.M. Klaren and M.E. Everts
Local and Systemic Regulation of Muscle Growth / G. Goldspink
Proteolytic Systems and the Regulation of Muscle Remodelling and Breakdown / V.T. Los and H.P. Haagsman
The Muscle Regulatory Factors Gene Family in Relation to Meat Production / P.H.J. Houba and M.F.W. te Pas
The Muscle Transcriptome / K. Wimmers, S. Ponsuksili and K. Schellander
Genome Analysis of QTL for Muscle Tissue Development and Meat Quality / M.F. Rothschild, J.P. Bidanel and D.C. Ciobanu
Functional Genomics and Proteomics in Relation to Muscle Tissue / C. Maltin and G. Plastow
Role of Myostatin in Muscle Growth / R. Kambadur, A. Bishop, M.S. Salerno, S. McCroskery and M. Sharma
The Callipyge Mutation for Sheep Muscular Hypertrophy - Genetics, Physiology and Meat Quality / B.A. Freking, T.P.L. Smith and K.A. Leymaster
Genetic Control of Intramuscular Fat Accretion / F. Gerbens
Post-mortem Muscle Proteolysis and Meat Tenderness / D.L. Hopkins and R.G. Taylor
Water-holding Capacity of Meat / K.O. Honikel.