Participation of breast and leg muscles in shivering thermogenesis in young turkeys and guinea fowl

Journal of Comparative Physiology - B Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 451-460

  Dietz, Maurine W ^a,c   Van Mourik, Sijmen ^a   Tøien, Øivind ^b   Koolmees, Peter A ^a   Tersteeg Zijderveld, Monique H G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electromyography Level of functional maturity; Galliform chicks; Muscle fibre type; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030745980     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050096     Document Type: Article

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