1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450745203321

Titolo

Muscle development of livestock animals [[electronic resource] ] : physiology, genetics, and meat quality / / edited by M.F.W. te Pas, M.E. Everts, and H.P. Haagsman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., USA ; ; Wallingfrod, Oxon, UK, : CABI Pub., c2004

ISBN

1-280-86635-7

9786610866359

0-85199-041-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (428 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PasM. F. W. te

EvertsM. E

HaagsmanH. P

Disciplina

636.089274

Soggetti

Veterinary physiology

Muscles - Physiology

Livestock - Genetics

Meat - Quality

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contributors; Preface; 1 Number and Size of Muscle Fibres in Relation to Meat Production; 2 Fibre Type Identification and Functional Characterization in Adult Livestock Animals; 3 Manipulation of Muscle Fibre Number During Prenatal Development; 4 The Effect of Growth and Exercise on Muscle Characteristics in Relation to Meat Quality; 5 Nutrition, Hormone Receptor Expression and Gene Interactions: Implications for Development and Disease; 6 The Impact of Minerals and Micronutrients on Growth Control

7 Na+,K+-ATPase in Skeletal Muscle: Significance of Exercise and Thyroid Hormones for Development and Performance8 Local and Systemic Regulation of Muscle Growth; 9 Proteolytic Systems and the Regulation of Muscle Remodelling and Breakdown; 10 The Muscle Regulatory Factors Gene Family in Relation to Meat Production; 11 The Muscle Transcriptome; 12 Genome Analysis of QTL for Muscle Tissue



Development and Meat Quality; 13 Functional Genomics and Proteomics in Relation to Muscle Tissue; 14 Role of Myostatin in Muscle Growth

15 The Callipyge Mutation for Sheep Muscular Hypertrophy - Genetics, Physiology and Meat Quality16 Genetic Control of Intramuscular Fat Accretion; 17 Post-mortem Muscle Proteolysis and Meat Tenderness; 18 Water-holding Capacity of Meat; Perspectives; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786142003321

Autore

Hignell Andrew

Titolo

Rain stops play : cricketing climates / / Andrew Hignell ; foreword by John Kettly ; introduction by Christopher Martin-Jenkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Portland, Or. : , : Frank Cass, , 2002

ISBN

1-136-33903-5

0-203-04561-0

1-283-96948-3

1-136-33896-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Collana

Sport in the global society, , 1368-9789

Disciplina

796.358

Soggetti

Cricket - Regional disparities

Cricket - Political aspects

Cricket

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; RAIN STOPS PLAY; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Diagrams; List of Tables; Foreword by John



Kettley; Introduction by Christopher Martin-Jenkins; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Need for a Geography of Cricket; 1. The Geographical Boundaries of Cricket; 2. The Growth of English Cricket: A Development Stage Model; 3. The Diffusion of Cricket: A Geographical Explanation; 4. A Locational Analysis of the County Grounds of England and Wales; 5. Locational Changes to County Cricket, 1901-1951

6. The Location of County Cricket in the Commercial Age, 1951-19917. Rain Stops Play: A Meteorological Analysis; 8. The Raining County Champions; 9. Sunspot Activity and Golden Summers; 10. Cricket in the Cities: A Microclimatic View; 11. Global Warnings and Global Warming; 12. Greenhouse Cricket: The English Game in a Warmer World; 13. Redrawing the Boundaries; 14. Epilogue: The Future Geography of English Cricket; Notes; Appendix 1: Grounds in the United Kingdom used for First-Class and Limited Overs Games since 1801; Appendix 2: Counties of England, Scotland and Wales, pre-1974; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A geographical history of cricket in England and Wales in a global context.