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

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass. ; ; Wallingfrod, Oxon, UK : , : CABI Pub., , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (428 pages)
• Disciplina: 636.089274
• Soggetto topico: Veterinary physiology; Muscles - Physiology; Livestock - Genetics; Meat - Quality
• Altri autori: PasM. F. W. te EvertsM. E HaagsmanH. P
• 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 Performance; 8 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 Quality; 16 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Muscle development of livestock animals
• ISBN: 1-280-86635-7; 9786610866359; 0-85199-041-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784124203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II