Myofibre characteristics of ovine longissimus and semitendinosus muscles are influenced by sire breed, gender, rearing type, age and carcass weight

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1137-1146

  Greenwood, P L ^a,b   Harden, S ^a,c   Hopkins, D L ^a,c  

^a Sheep CRC   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genotype; Lamb; Myofibre types; Myosin heavy chains; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

AGE; GENDER; GENOTYPE; MUSCLE; REARING; SHEEP;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34548775747     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA06324     Document Type: Article

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