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A note on the effect of adipocyte size on in vitro lipogenesis from acetate and lactate in subcutaneous adipose tissue of large- and small-frame beef steers at 6 months of age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

D. C. Rule ,
D. C. Beitz  and
R. L. Hood
D. C. Rule
Affiliation:
University of Colorado Health Science Center, Division of Endocrinology, 4200 E Ninth, Avenue, Denver, Co 80262, USA
D. C. Beitz
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Nutritional Physiology Group, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
R. L. Hood
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Nutritional Physiology Group, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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Beef producers no longer emphasize excessive fat deposition in market cattle. Recent research findings in human health suggest that our diets should contain less fat because of the cardiovascular diseases that seem associated with greater intakes of fat. Large-frame cattle slaughtered at the same chronological age as small-frame cattle have leaner carcasses and a correspondingly greater proportion of carcass protein (Arnold, Hentges and Trenkle, 1985). Determining early in life whether a type of cattle will become obese, therefore, would be of great benefit to cattle producers. Arnold et al. (1985) reported that, at 6 months of age, large-frame steers were significantly leaner than small-frame steers.

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Animal Production , Volume 44 , Issue 3 , June 1987 , pp. 454 - 456
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1987

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