Piedmontese Bull 11 months old

[666XZ]

This examples don't have the copy of the gene name myostatin wich regulates muscle but there is a side effect since myostatin is require to build tendons does who don't have or have lower amount of myostating have weak tendons. Tendons is the connective tissues that connects muscle to bone.

[YORappaloosa]

Research using "injected" mice has taught us a great deal about the effects of blocking myostatin on muscle growth. The Piedmontese cattle are now also involved in research that looks at the effects on the BONE development of these "naturally in-active myostatin" animals. Their body structure has adapted to the extreme muscling & changes in weight placement.

Piedmontese are noted for producing the leanest & most tender beef with higher omega3 content, due to inactive myostatin.

[YORappaloosa]

As the person who posted this video - I assure you that these cattle were NOT injected with anything. The muscling is due to a naturally occuring genetic mutation that blocks the bodies natural production of myostatin. The whippet dog is the same.

[exenocap]

true. called follistatin

[ARandomCanadian]

@dav1dh0ff YORappaloosa is right, those cows were born like that. And those so called "Myostatin blocker" injections don't exist yet

[dwilkes7]

Please go back and read the article a little more carefully! The whippet was NOT "injected" with anything. This is a genetic abnormality called "bully whippets"! There is NO SUCH THING AS AN INJECTABLE MYOSTATIN BLOCKER! Nor do any supplements contain Myostatin blockers, no matter what they claim. Stay away from these scams!

[ShawnPerry]

Sorry but there is a myostatin blocker.Its called Follistatin.Normal supplements dont contain these stuff because it is highly expensive and it can increase the risk of cancer.

[Champizfast]

There is NO SUCH THING AS AN INJECTABLE MYOSTATIN BLOCKER! by dwilkes.

Actually there is. I'm looking at it now. Animal grade as well as human.

[minymidge]

he, i just got my issue of "popular science and they were showing this and they had a picture of a dog that they injected... it was AWESOME... apparently they found a german boy who was born without myostatin naturally... hes in perfect health and hes extremely strong hes like 8 now.. but they still havent found any side effects.... by the way that dog can now run 2 times as fast as he could before... its awesome

[lazur1]

Only way to really block human myostatin: Longterm breeding program. Probably will do best w/male & female BBing champs & their offspring. (w/ a large group of 1st gen. subjects, to avoid incest.) All due credit to training & steroids, but the current champs already have much more myostatin blockage than average. Look at any group of untrained kids: Some muscular, some skinny. Until now, we just called that 'genetics', but more specifically, this is myostatin blockage of different levels.

[halimaw12]

hmm can you have two problems at the same time?? like gigantism and this myostatin deficiency. men that would make an incredible hulk.

[666XZ]

Is is a good idea to buy Myo-blast( a Myostatin bloker)?

[YORappaloosa]

No, I don't think so. These cattle shown the effects (increased muscle and lean-ness) of blocked myostatin because they have a genetic influence. At the genetic level, their myostatin is blocked... It is all natural for them.

[IronWarrior07]

Myo-Blast is a scam to try to get peoples money.

[666XZ]

Thanks for the info

[briankid]

Isn't myostatin important for tendon growth?

The last thing you'd want is larger muscles with smaller tendons..

[yonkersfugitive]

myostatin prevents muscle growth. When you inhibit the production of myostatin, muscles will grow at a much faster rate. Thus not allowing the tendons to strengthen as quickly as the muscles.

[briankid]

So yeah, functioning myostatin = good news for tendons.

[dwilkes7]

BINGO!!!!!

In spite of the very logical and true statements you make, some desperate soul will believe just about anything. I have seen personally, in a gym, where steroids were handed out like candy, 2 very bad accidents. First, I saw a teen who was shooting roids build some very impressive bicep muscles. He was upping the weight, and we all heard a loud snap, his tendon had too much strain put on it because tendons grow more slowly and need more time to build strength. Bones break also!

[Yougotit777]

myostatin definency has to be important because our joints and our bones will have to grow stronger in order to support the massive amounts of muscle.

[YORappaloosa]

When the myostatin disfunction occurs naturally, like in the Piedmontese breed, the bones and joints are adapted to handle the heavier muscle. Bone density affects bone strength more than bone size does.

[Yougotit777]

i figured that

[IronWarrior07]

There have been studies that shown mystatin actually makes the tendons stronger, so you'll most likey have a problem with no myostatin, its all a balance in the body.

[renoufarnold]

all i have to say is we have myostatin in our genes for a reason. so i am assuming it does provide us with some sort of protection, is the myostatin inhibited just in the skeletal muscle of these animals or is it in all of the muscles, ie heart muscles, bladder, etc, wouldnt the heart grow out of control? im sure it has something to do with limiting growth to wear the animal isnt too big were it limits it to what it can do just my theory kinda

[Gplex]

Well all our ancestors are all Famine survivers. So it make sense that people who didn't need to eat as much due to large size, wouldn't have survived.

[ciarforon]

I'm from Cuneo (Piedmont-Italy). The true piedmontese bull from north-western Italy is not red but white-grey. Look at my video if you want to see the italian champions of this breed. Ciao

[rewca96]

Whats the point of having 2 myostatin genes? The wild type myostatin gene results in a limiting (or sane) effect of muscle growth. The 'double-muscled' or huge ass cattle such as The Belgian Blue, or myostatin null mice are a result of a knockout of the myostatin gene. No myostatin = lots of muscle, double myostatin = lack of muscle

[YORappaloosa]

The terminology is very "layman" in the video clip. When the Piedmontese breeders refer to 2-copy myostatin they are referring to the double allele for the non-functional myostatin gene. Meaning that the 2-copy cattle are homozygous for the trait - so you can cross them with a cow that doesn't have the gene & every resulting offspring will carry 1-copy or allele of the non-functional myostatin gene. That improves carcass performance and beef tenderness, while making the beef leaner.

[Grabandgo]

Dude, I read about the Myostatin gene in animals... and all I can say is wow... If we can kind a way to knock out our myostatin production we can get our muscles to grow out of control.

[stillgrowing1]

well, you can by now. in fact there is a pharmacon. that has their testings in the 2. state.

so keep growing^^....