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Skeletal muscle fibre growth and growth associated myopathy in the domestic chicken (Gallus domesticus).
British poultry science - 1 Jun 2006
MacRae V E, Mahon M, Gilpin S, Sandercock D A, Mitchell M A
Abstract excerpt
1. Genetic selection of broilers may have pushed muscle fibres to their maximum functional size constraints. Broiler (B), female great-grandparent (GGP) and layer (L) lines were weighed, blood sampled and killed from 5 to 25 weeks of age. 2. At 25 weeks, Pectoralis major (Pm) fibre size reached by the B (65.9 microm) and GGP (59.8 microm) were 1.5 times greater than the L (38.1 microm). In the B and GGP lines,...
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