Muscle characteristics and meat quality traits are affected by divergent selection on residual feed intake in pigs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 996-1010

  Lefaucheur, L ^a   Lebret, B ^a   Ecolan, P ^a   Louveau, I ^a   Damon, M ^a   Prunier, A ^a   Billon, Y ^a   Sellier, P ^b   Gilbert, H ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UMR1313 GÉNÉTIQUE ANIMALE ET BIOLOGIE INTÉGRATIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Meat quality; Muscle composition; Muscle fiber type; Residual feed intake; Selection line; Swine

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; EATING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWINE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; EATING; FEMALE; FRANCE; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 79960991407     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-3493     Document Type: Article

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