Symmorphosis and livestock bioenergetics: Production animal muscle has low mitochondrial volume fractions

Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Hudson, N J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ion gradients; Mitochondria; Skeletal muscle; Symmorphosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 58149328670     PISSN: 09312439     EISSN: 14390396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0396.2007.00791.x     Document Type: Article

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