Effects of the Combination of Glucose, Chromium Picolinate, And Vitamin C on Lipid Metabolism in Steers (Report‪)‬

INTRODUCTION The amount of adipose tissue in muscle depends primarily on the number and size of the constituent adipocytes. Although proliferation and differentiation of pre-adipocytes takes place and is almost completed in the perirenal and subcutaneous adipose tissues of cattle by the first year of age, intramuscular adipose tissue is actively proliferated and differentiated in beef steers until 14months-of-age. Cianzio et al. (1985) reported that the number of adipocytes in the longissimus muscle increased during 13 to 19-months-of-age and correlated with beef marbling. Previous scientific literature indicated a substantial role for glucose, chromium picolinate (CrP), and vitamin C (Vit C) in intramuscular fat deposition (Smith et al., 1984; Toriisin et al., 1995).