Growth hormone (GH) exerts its effects on growth and metabolism by interacting with a
specific receptor (GHR) on the surface of the target cells. Therefore, GHR has been …

Growth hormone (GH) and the Pit‐1 transcription factor have been shown to be involved in
the physiological mechanisms related to growth. The present study was carried out to …

Using sexed semen to produce purebred replacement heifers makes it possible to mate a
large proportion of dairy cows to double-muscled sires and to quantitatively and qualitatively …

Abstract As double-muscled Belgian Blue (BB) and Piemontese (PIEM) breeds are heavily
selected for different objectives (the former mainly for muscularity, the latter for ease of …

Knowledge of the genetic architecture of key growth and beef traits in livestock species has
greatly improved worldwide thanks to genome-wide association studies (GWAS), which …

Genetic parameters of meat quality (MQ) were estimated on Longissimus thoracis muscle of
1208 Piemontese young bulls, progeny of 109 AI sires. Carcass weight (CW), conformation …

Beef outputs from dairy farms make an important contribution to overall profitability in Irish
dairy herds and are the sole source of revenue in many beef herds. The aim of this study …

Using the Piemontese breed as a case study, we characterised beef production systems
within the EU classification, and investigated their effects on carcass and meat quality traits …

The aims of this study were 1) to investigate the potential application of near-infrared
spectroscopy (NIRS) to predict beef quality (BQ) traits, 2) to assess genetic variations of BQ …

Effects of diets differing in crude protein (CP) concentrations, top-dressed or not with 80g/d
of rumen-protected conjugated linoleic acid (rpCLA), on N efficiency of double muscled …