Developmental Programming and Growth of Livestock Tissues for Meat Production
Developmental Programming and Growth of Livestock Tissues for Meat Production
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DOI:
10.1016/j.cvfa.2019.02.008
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发表时间:
2019-07-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Bell, Alan W.
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作者:
Greenwood, Paul L.;Bell, Alan W.
Maternal regulation of fetal development has consequences for growth and development of carcass tissues. Severely restricted fetal growth can reduce postnatal growth capacity, resulting in smaller-for-age animals that take longer to reach market weights but has little effect on feedlot efficiency or carcass and meat quality. Specific nutritional supplementation, particularly during later pregnancy, may limit fetal growth retardation and enhance postnatal growth capacity and carcass characteristics, and may improve development of intramuscular fat. Continued improvements in understanding developmental processes and their regulation will increase future capacity to improve growth, efficiency, carcasses, and meat quality through developmental programming.