Histology and Composition of Muscles from Normal and Callipyge Lambs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 388-393

  Carpenter, Charles E ^a   Rice, Owen D ^a   Cockett, Noelle E ^a   Snowder, Gary D ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA ARS US Sheep Experiment Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Callipyge; Composition; Histology; Hypertrophy; Muscles; Sheep

Indexed keywords

DNA; LIPID; MUSCLE PROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PATHOLOGY; SHEEP; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; DNA; FEMALE; LIPIDS; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; RNA; SHEEP;

EID: 0030076302     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.742388x     Document Type: Article

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