Manipulation of growth & meat quality by vitamin D and its analogues

Recent published work indicates a role for pre-slaughter dietary vitamin D supplementation to promote post mortem meat tenderization in cattle (Montgomery et al., 2000; Foote et al., 2004; Montogmery et al., 2004), pigs (Wilborn et al., 2004) and sheep (Wiegand et al., 2001; Boleman et al., 2004). T...

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Main Author: Craggs, Lucinda
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13325/