Effect of litter size and birth weight on growth, carcass and pork quality, and their relationship to postmortem proteolysis

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2357-2368

  Berard J ^a,b   Kreuzer, M ^b   Bee, G ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Litter size; Meat quality; Pig; Proteolysis

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; CALPAIN 1; CALPAIN 2; CONNECTIN; DESMIN; INTEGRIN; M-CALPAIN; MU-CALPAIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; NEBULIN; PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWINE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY COMPOSITION; CALPAIN; DESMIN; INTEGRINS; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROTEIN KINASES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWINE;

PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE;

EID: 52649172154     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-0893     Document Type: Article

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