Effects of birth weight and postnatal nutrition on neonatal sheep: II. Skeletal muscle growth and development

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 50-61

  Greenwood, P L ^a,b   Hunt, A S ^a,c   Hermanson, J W ^a   Bell, A W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth Weight; Lambs; Myofibrills; Nucleic Acids; Nutrition; Skeletal Muscle

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FIBRIL; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFIBRILS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PREGNANCY; PROTEINS; SHEEP;

EID: 0033628064     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2000.78150x     Document Type: Article

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