Background Improvements in poultry production within the past 50 years have led to
increased muscle yield and growth rate, which may be contributing to an increased rate and …

Background The investigation of the interconnections between the molecular and genetic
events that govern biological systems is essential if we are to understand the development …

Nutrition is a mature science with well established principles for energy, protein and mineral
metabolism based on known metabolic pathways. The quantitative requirements are …

Nemaline myopathy (NEM) is a common congenital myopathy. At the very severe end of the
NEM clinical spectrum are genetically unresolved cases of autosomal-recessive fetal …

Adaptation of global food systems to climate change is essential to feed the world. Tropical
cattle production, a mainstay of profitability for farmers in the develo** world, is dominated …

Understanding the cellular basis of feed efficiency (FE) is instrumental to hel** poultry and
livestock industries continue to provide high-quality protein for an increasingly crowded …

Severe, chronic growth retardation of cattle early in life reduces growth potential, resulting in
smaller animals at any given age. Capacity for long-term compensatory growth diminishes …

Background Transcriptional networks coordinate adipocyte differentiation and energy
metabolism in rodents. The level of fiber and starch in diets with adequate energy content …

Inconsistent tenderness is one of the most detrimental factors of meat quality. Functional
proteomics was used to associate electrophoretic bands from the myofibrillar muscle fraction …

Growing ruminants under extended dietary restriction exhibit compensatory growth upon ad
libitum feeding, which is associated with increased feed efficiency, lower basal energy …