muscle fiber.
- m. hyperplasia — an inherited marked increase in the number of fibers in the muscle masses of affected cattle. There is a corresponding diminution in the amount of fat and connective tissue in the carcass. There is no deleterious effect on the animals except a higher prevalence of dystocia, and some other minor musculoskeletal defects, including elso-heel. Called also culard, doppellender, doppellendigkeit, double muscle.
