Dramatic shortfalls in crop production in various regions of the world have led some people to question the relatively inefficient use of cereal grains for feeding meat animals instead of their direct use for human food. There is no doubt, however, that meat offers a nutritionally valuable, attractive and widely accepted food, the world demand for which increases daily. Thus it is not enough simply to condemn the consumption of meat as an irresponsible extravagance; rather it is preferable to examine how the demand for meat can be met most efficiently and effectively, which requires a fundamental enquiry into how meat is 'grown'. The importance of fat, for instance, both to the growing animal and to the consumer, needs to be established in view of the 'expense' involved in its deposition by the animal and the extent to which it is discarded at many points in the chain from the slaughterhouse to the consumer. We were aware that there existed a wealth of information on the physiology of growth which, because of its having been collected as part of investigations in many other disciplines and the inevitable communication gap, had not been incorporated into the science of animal production. Similarly there were principles and teChniques of animal husbandry which, if known in other disciplines, might enable more pertinent questions to be asked. The biochemical and physiological pathways by which animals utilise feed to produce body protein, fat and other components are intriguing problems which are receiving considerable attention.
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edited by D. Lister, D. N. Rhodes, V. R. Fowler, M. F. Fuller

Symposium on Growth and Productivity of Meat Animals

Plenum Press [for] NATO Scientific Affairs Division

NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, Series A: Life Sciences -- 7, NATO advanced study institutes series -- 7., Boston, MA, Massachusetts, 1976

Nato Science Series A:, Life Sciences, Boston, MA, 1976

United States, United States of America

Springer Nature, New York, NY, 2012

New York, 1976

Dec 12, 2012

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Source title: Meat Animals: Growth And Productivity (Nato Science Series A: (Closed))

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Welcome....Pages 3-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
What Do We Want from the Carcass?....Pages 9-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
The Relevance of Various Measures of Efficiency....Pages 29-41
The Influence of Reproductive Rate on the Efficiency of Meat Production in Animal Populations....Pages 43-55
The Optimum Size and Structure of Enterprise....Pages 57-68
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Comparison of Biological Mechanisms for Conversion of Feed to Meat....Pages 71-87
Efficiencies of Energy Utilization during Growth....Pages 89-102
Efficiency of Protein Utilization....Pages 103-115
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
Towards More Efficient Meat Animals: A Theoretical Consideration of Constraints at the Level of the Muscle Cell....Pages 119-150
Factors Affecting Muscle Size and Structure....Pages 151-157
Front Matter....Pages N1-N1
Physiological Significance of Lipids....Pages 159-176
The Control of Fat Absorption, Deposition and Mobilization in Farm Animals....Pages 177-193
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Hormonal Control of Muscle Growth....Pages 197-219
Protein-Fat Interactions....Pages 221-233
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
The Right Size....Pages 237-254
The Central Control of Growth: Its Connection with Age-Dependent Disease....Pages 255-270
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
Environmental Control of Growth: The Maternal Environment....Pages 273-284
The Nutritional Control of Growth....Pages 285-299
Climate and Season....Pages 301-324
Front Matter....Pages 325-325
The Physiological Basis of Reproductive Efficiency....Pages 327-354
Front Matter....Pages 325-325
Hormonal Influences on the Growth, Metabolism and Body Composition of Pigs....Pages 355-371
Observations of the Apparent Antagonism between Meat Producing Capacity and Meat Quality in Pigs....Pages 373-388
Front Matter....Pages 389-389
Meat Production from Ruminants....Pages 391-401
Advances in Pig Technology....Pages 403-445
Front Matter....Pages 447-447
The Choice of Selection Objectives in Meat Producing Animals....Pages 449-462
Using the World’s Genetic Resources....Pages 463-481
Front Matter....Pages 483-483
Vegetable Protein as a Human Food — Background and Present Situation....Pages 485-498
Vegetable Protein as a Human Food — Research and Development in the National Food Research Institute....Pages 499-503
Single Cell Protein as a Feedstuff....Pages 505-525
Front Matter....Pages 527-527
Final Perspectives....Pages 529-530
Back Matter....Pages 531-541

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