ABSTRACT

Many of the difficulties that meat and animal scientists face when attempting to address specific problems-such as stress susceptibility and poor meat quality in swine-stem from a lack of understanding of the underlying biological mechanisms that drive muscle growth, metabolism, and its conversion to meat. This book provides current knowledge about

chapter 1|46 pages

Muscle Structure and Function

chapter 2|20 pages

Satellite Cell Biology

chapter 6|14 pages

Muscle Protein Turnover

chapter 7|20 pages

Collagen

chapter 11|10 pages

Meat Color

chapter 12|20 pages

Lipid Oxidation and Flavor

chapter 14|12 pages

Fish Muscle