Effects of Dietary Energy Sources on Post Mortem Glycolysis, Meat Quality and Muscle Fibre Type Transformation of Finishing Pigs.

Dietary energy source can influence muscle glycogen storage at slaughter. However, few studies have demonstrated whether the diet-induced change of muscle glycogen is achieved by the transformation of muscle fibre type. This study investigated the effects of dietary energy sources on meat quality, p...

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Main Authors: Yanjiao Li, Jiaolong Li, Lin Zhang, Changning Yu, Meng Lin, Feng Gao, Guanghong Zhou, Yu Zhang, Yuanfang Fan, Lina Nuldnali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4488424?pdf=render