Myostatin allelic status interacts with level of nutrition to affect growth, composition, and myofiber characteristics of lambs

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 456-465

  Haynes, F E M ^a,b   Greenwood, P L ^a,b   McDonagh, M B ^a,c   Oddy, V H ^b  

^a Sheep CRC   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Lamb; Myofiber; Myostatin; Nutrition; Ractopamine

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MYOSTATIN; PHENETHYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; RACTOPAMINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SHEEP; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; GENETIC VARIATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSTATIN; PHENETHYLAMINES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84856291356     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2011-4452     Document Type: Article

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