Adipocyte cellularity in different adipose depots in bulls of seven Spanish breeds slaughtered at two body weights

Animal

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 261-267

  Alzon M ^a   Mendizabal, J A ^a   Arana, A ^a   Alberti P ^b   Purroy, A ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adipocytes; Adipose tissue; Cattle; Genotypes

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREED; CELL COUNT; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL SIZE; GENOTYPE; GROWTH; LIPID STORAGE; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; OMENTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

BOS; RUBIA;

EID: 34248547927     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731107392744     Document Type: Article

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