myofibre hyperplasia, doppellender, muscular hypertrophy, a groppa doppia, and culard. Some breeds of cattle do not possess the myostatin gene that helps regulate...

hip dysplasia. Hypertypes also affect Persian cats, Arabian show horses, Culard cattle and dairy cows. Many veterinarians and researchers have spoken out...

and cattle that have undesirable double muscling genes (in French gene culard) inherited from non-Limousin base animals. A less pure form of Limousin...

large: the cow measures 140 cm for 700 kg and the bull 145 cm for 1,200 kg. Culards, unlike the Parthenaise breed, are not accepted by the Maraîchine standards...

Abondance or Montbéliarde and a Limousin or Charolais male are also authorized. Culard-type animals are not accepted by the AOC. In 2007, the average age of the...

causes the myostatin deficiency that results in the "double-muscling" or "culard" characteristic typical of the Belgian Blue breed, is present in some 10–20%...