The goal of this study was to evaluate the effects of Optaflexx supplementation to steers during the final 28 d of feeding on live and carcass performance. Thirty-four steers were separated into four harvest groups and fed at the University of Florida Beef Teaching Unit. Within each harvest group, the steers were separated into two pens. Both pens were fed a control diet of 85% corn, 7.5% cotto...

Development of muscle is critically dependent on several hormones which in turn are regulated by nutritional status. We therefore determined the impact of mild postnatal undernutrition on key markers of myofibre function: type I slow myosin heavy chain (MyHC) isoform, myosin ATPase, succinate dehydrogenase and alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase. In situ hybridization, immunocytochemistry and ...

A candidate marker that influences the flavor and odor of Indonesian sheep is Potassium Channel Tetramerization Domain Containing 2 (KCTD2) gene. This study aims to examine polymorphism association between KCTD2 gene lamb in local sheeps. used DNA taken from longissimus dorsi (LD) muscle 100 rams including 75 Javanese Thin-Tail (JTTS), 10 Fat-Tail Sheep (JFTS), 15 Jonggol (JS), with ranged weig...

Iodine deficiency determines reproductive problems especially in the production of thyroid hormone, affecting functions that thyroidal hormones regulate, such as energy metabolism, thermoregulation, reproduction, growth, muscle and bone tissue function. Indeed a certain concentration iodine diet can promote performance terms fattening growth. The main goal work was supplementation with salt fro...