The challenge was to understand the factors that contribute to congestive heart fialure. This information will allow for the development of new drugs that have the ability to reverse changes in these factors. A chievements Despite a decrease in mortality from heart disease since the 1960s, heart disease remains the number one killer in the United States. Ohio ranks ninth out of fifty states for heart disease, with a death rate of about 100 per 100,000 per year. From the results, it is clear that a number of the components of the ECM are altered very early and may indeed be considered as potential targets for a treatment .
O bjectives Determine meat tenderness and composition of the loin in beef cattle.
Determine genetic profiles for beef cattle and examine the correlation of these profiles with meat tenderness. Determine the impact of the nutritional program on the phenotypic traits of meat tenderness and carcass composition. S ummary Effects of protein concentration and energy intake on cattle growth were correlated with composition of grain and muscle tenderness. Furthermore, a rapid diagnostic test to determine the genetic potential for muscle tenderness will be evaluated. There is currently no such method of evaluation available.