Changes in the relative thickness of individual subcutaneous adipose tissue layers in growing pigs

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  McEvoy, Fintan J ^a   Strathe, Anders B ^a   Madsen, Mads T ^b   Svalastoga, Eiliv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Danish Pig Production   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SWINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SWINE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 37849029570     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-49-32     Document Type: Article

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