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Starvation changes and sebsequent recovery of adult beef muscle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

N. T. M. Yeates
N. T. M. Yeates
Affiliation:
Department of Livestock Husbandry, University of New England, Armidale, N.S.W., Australia
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Two pairs of identical twin steers and six other adult cattle were killed, and their carcasses and tissues examined as necessary to study: (a) the muscle changes resulting from severe weight loss from starvation; (b) the reversability of such changes, as shown at various stages in recovery of the animals' weight.

Decrease in the cross-sectional area of muscle following starvation was associated with reduction in muscle fibre diameter. There was no suggestion of the complete loss of any fibres; thus, with regain of live weight, recovery both of whole-muscle dimensions and muscle fibre diameter, appeared to be complete.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 62 , Issue 2 , April 1964 , pp. 267 - 272
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1964

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