Increased maternal nutrition of sows has no beneficial effects on muscle fiber number or postnatal growth and has no impact on the meat quality of the offspring

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3018-3027

  Nissen, P M ^a,c   Danielsen, V O ^a   Jorgensen, P F ^b   Oksbjerg, N ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Growth; Maternal Nutrition; Meat Quality; Muscle Fiber; Pig

Indexed keywords

PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; EATING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD; SWINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; EATING; FEMALE; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 2142768317     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2003.81123018x     Document Type: Article

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