Maternal Nutrition and Meat Quality of Progeny
The concept of fetal programming is based on the idea that nutritional status and environmental conditions encountered by the dam during pregnancy can have lifetime impacts on her offspring. These changes in the gestational environment have been shown to influence fetal development and subsequent gr...
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| author | Amanda D Blair Erin Gubbels Janna J Block Judson Kyle Grubbs Keith R Underwood Kenneth C Olson |
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| description | The concept of fetal programming is based on the idea that nutritional status and environmental conditions encountered by the dam during pregnancy can have lifetime impacts on her offspring. These changes in the gestational environment have been shown to influence fetal development and subsequent growth performance, carcass composition, and meat quality characteristics. Beef fetuses can be particularly prone to experiencing variations in the maternal environment during development owing to a relatively long duration of pregnancy potentially exposing the dam to environmental temperature stress and/or seasonal conditions that can compromise feed quality or quantity. If feed is limited or forage conditions are poor, a maternal deficiency in protein and/or energy can occur as well as fluctuations in body condition of the dam. As a result, the fetus may receive inadequate levels of nutrients, potentially altering fetal development. There are critical windows of development during each stage of gestation in which various tissues, organs, and metabolic systems may be impacted. Skeletal muscle and adipose tissue are particularly vulnerable to alterations in the gestational environment because of their low priority for nutrients relative to vital organs and systems during development. The timing and severity of the environmental event or stressor as well as the ability of the dam to buffer negative effects to the fetus will dictate the developmental response. Much of the current research is focused on the influence of specific nutrients and timing of nutritional treatments on offspring carcass composition and meat quality, with the goal of informing strategies that will ultimately allow for the use of maternal nutritional management as a tool to optimize performance and meat quality of offspring. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-01b4a104443f4b7fb90a94e6bd6923882024-04-04T17:21:28ZengIowa State University Digital PressMeat and Muscle Biology2575-985X2021-12-015310.22175/mmb.12990Maternal Nutrition and Meat Quality of ProgenyAmanda D Blair0Erin Gubbels1Janna J Block2Judson Kyle Grubbs3Keith R Underwood4Kenneth C Olson5Animal Science, South Dakota State UniversityAnimal Science, South Dakota State UniversityNorth Dakota State UniversityAnimal Science, South Dakota State UniversityAnimal Science, South Dakota State UniversityAnimal Science, South Dakota State UniversityThe concept of fetal programming is based on the idea that nutritional status and environmental conditions encountered by the dam during pregnancy can have lifetime impacts on her offspring. These changes in the gestational environment have been shown to influence fetal development and subsequent growth performance, carcass composition, and meat quality characteristics. Beef fetuses can be particularly prone to experiencing variations in the maternal environment during development owing to a relatively long duration of pregnancy potentially exposing the dam to environmental temperature stress and/or seasonal conditions that can compromise feed quality or quantity. If feed is limited or forage conditions are poor, a maternal deficiency in protein and/or energy can occur as well as fluctuations in body condition of the dam. As a result, the fetus may receive inadequate levels of nutrients, potentially altering fetal development. There are critical windows of development during each stage of gestation in which various tissues, organs, and metabolic systems may be impacted. Skeletal muscle and adipose tissue are particularly vulnerable to alterations in the gestational environment because of their low priority for nutrients relative to vital organs and systems during development. The timing and severity of the environmental event or stressor as well as the ability of the dam to buffer negative effects to the fetus will dictate the developmental response. Much of the current research is focused on the influence of specific nutrients and timing of nutritional treatments on offspring carcass composition and meat quality, with the goal of informing strategies that will ultimately allow for the use of maternal nutritional management as a tool to optimize performance and meat quality of offspring.https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/mmb/article/id/12990/beefcarcass compositiondevelopmental programmingmaternal nutritionmeat quality |
| spellingShingle | Amanda D Blair Erin Gubbels Janna J Block Judson Kyle Grubbs Keith R Underwood Kenneth C Olson Maternal Nutrition and Meat Quality of Progeny Meat and Muscle Biology beef carcass composition developmental programming maternal nutrition meat quality |
| title | Maternal Nutrition and Meat Quality of Progeny |
| title_full | Maternal Nutrition and Meat Quality of Progeny |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Maternal Nutrition and Meat Quality of Progeny |
| title_short | Maternal Nutrition and Meat Quality of Progeny |
| title_sort | maternal nutrition and meat quality of progeny |
| topic | beef carcass composition developmental programming maternal nutrition meat quality |
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