Microstructure of skeletal muscles of growing calves fed silage-based vs hay-based diets. II. Fibre type distribution.
Microstructure of skeletal muscles of growing calves fed silage-based vs hay-based diets. II. Fibre type distribution.
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青贮饲料与干草饲料喂养的生长小牛骨骼肌的微观结构。
DOI:
10.1051/rnd:19920305
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发表时间:
1992
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通讯作者:
J. Piotrowski
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作者:
B. Klosowski;K. Bidwell;D. Kłosowska;J. Piotrowski
As described in part I, samples of musculus longissimus dorsi, semimembranosus and semitendinosus were obtained post-slaughter from 2-week, 3-month and 10-month-old bull calves. The 2-week-old calves were fed milk only. All the remaining animals were fed grass silage or hay ad lib and a restricted amount of concentrate from 2 weeks of age onwards. Muscle fibres were differentiated according to Ziegan (1979) into fast-twitch glycolytic, fast-twitch oxidoglycolytic and slow-twitch oxidative fibres (FTG, FTO and STO, respectively). The percent distribution of individual types of fibres was estimated as related to the calves age and diet. The most numerous were always fast-twitch glycolytic fibres, the lowest values being observed in the 2-week-old calves. The effect of the diet on fibre percentage distribution in 3-month-old calves differed from that found in 10-month-old animals. This research suggests that a hay-free diet based on grass silage alters the microstructure of skeletal muscles, which thus might also affect the quality of meat.