Improving Beef Quality Through Maternal Nutrition
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 12:30
in Earth & Climate
Manipulating a cow's nutrition level during the second trimester can alter the carcass composition of her offspring, according to South Dakota State University meat scientist Amanda Blair. Fetal programming is the concept that during fetus development important biological parameters can be manipulated by environmental events and these alterations can carry through to maturity. The long-term goal is to improve the quality and quantity of beef.