ARTICLE pubs.acs.org/jpr
Protein Expression Changes in Skeletal Muscle in Response to Growth Promoter Abuse in Beef Cattle Roberto Stella,†,‡ Giancarlo Biancotto,† Morten Krogh,§ Roberto Angeletti,† Giandomenico Pozza,† Maria Catia Sorgato,‡ Peter James,§,* and Igino Andrighetto†,* †
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Viale dell’Universita 10, 35020 Legnaro, Italy Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Padova, Via G. Colombo 3, 35131 Padova, Italy § Department of Immunotechnology, BMC D13, Lund University, 221 84 Lund, Sweden ‡
ABSTRACT: The fraudulent treatment of cattle with growth promoting agents (GPAs) is a matter of great concern for the European Union (EU) authorities and consumers. It has been estimated that 10% of animals are being illegally treated in the EU. In contrast, only a much lower percentage of animals (
