Changes in fibre type composition of gluteus medius and semitendinosus muscles of Dutch Warmblood foals and the effect of exercise during the first year postpartum

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 177-183

  Dingboom, E G ^a   Van Oudheusden, H ^a   Eizema, K ^a   Weijs, W A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exercise; Fibre type; Horse; Immunohistochemistry; Myosin heavy chain

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN I; MYOSIN IIA; MYOSIN IIB;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EXAMINATION; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; GLUTEUS MEDIUS MUSCLE; HORSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE TRAINING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIOPSY; BUTTOCK; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOPSY; BUTTOCKS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL;

EID: 0036519087     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516402776767312     Document Type: Article

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