Age-related changes and nutritional regulation of myosin heavy-chain composition in longissimus dorsi of commercial pigs

The objective of this study is to investigate the age-related changes of and the effects of dietary conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) on muscle-fibre types in commercial pigs. We divided 25 crossbred male pigs into five age groups (7, 30, 60, 100 and 180 days) and 30 finishing pigs into two dietary gro...

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Main Authors: X.M. Men, B. Deng, Z.W. Xu, X. Tao, K.K. Qi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-01-01
Series:Animal
Subjects:
CLA
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731113000992