Effects of Synovex-S® and Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (Somavubove®) on Growth Responses of Steers: II. Muscle Morphology and Proximate Composition of Muscles

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2929-2934

  Ono, Y ^a,c   Solomon, M B ^a,d   Elsasser, T H ^a   Rumsey, T S ^a   Moseley, W M ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d BARC East ^*

Author keywords

Beef; Estrogens; Growth Promoters; Muscle Morphology; Somatotropin; Steers

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; GROWTH HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DUOGYNON FORTE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ESTRADIOL; GROWTH HORMONE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0030330355     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.74122929x     Document Type: Article

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