Intramuscular fat deposition in principal muscles from twenty-four to thirty months of age using identical twins of Japanese Black steers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1902-1907

  Okumura, T ^a   Saito, K ^a   Sakuma, H ^a   Nade, T ^b   Nakayama, S ^a   Fujita, K ^a   Kawamura, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL LIVESTOCK BREEDING CENTER   (Japan)

^b NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beef; Chemical composition; Intramuscular fat; Muscle; Steer

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; PLASMA PROTEIN; RETINOL; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JAPAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; TWINS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CHOLESTEROL; JAPAN; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SERUM ALBUMIN; TIME FACTORS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VITAMIN A;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34547624144     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2006-752     Document Type: Article

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