Recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST) increases size and proportion of fast-glycolytic muscle fibers in semitendinosus muscle of creep-fed steers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 108-114

  Vann, R C ^a,d   Althen, T G ^a,e   Solomon, M B ^b   Eastridge, J S ^b   Paroczay, E W ^b   Veenhuizen, J J ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e Box 9815 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Beef Cattle; Calves; Muscle Fibers; Somatotropin

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DRUG EFFECT; GLYCOLYSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; GLYCOLYSIS; GROWTH HORMONE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0035219475     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2001.791108x     Document Type: Article

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