Total body and regional measurements of bone mineral content and bone mineral density in pigs by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2594-2604

  Mitchell, A D ^a,c   Scholz, A M ^b   Pursel, V G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c BARC East   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone Density; Bone Mineralization; Pigs; X Ray

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BONE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; SWINE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; MALE; SWINE;

EID: 0035486786     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2001.79102594x     Document Type: Article

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