Food restriction and refeeding in lambs influence muscle antioxidant status

Compensatory growth, a frequent phenomenon observed in ruminants due to seasonal variation in food availability, affects protein metabolism including protein oxidation. These oxidation processes may have an impact on animal health as well as on meat protein degradation during post mortem aging (ie m...

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Main Authors: I. Savary-Auzeloux, D. Durand, D. Gruffat, D. Bauchart, I. Ortigues-Marty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731108001742