Heart size and mean muscle fibre cross-sectional area related to birth weight in pigs

Agricultural and Food Science

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 259-266

  Ruusunen, Marita ^a   Puolanne, Eero ^a   Partanen, Kirsi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Fast twitch muscle; Heart; Muscle fibre; Pig; Slow twitch muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 38749135428     PISSN: 14596067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2137/145960607783328173     Document Type: Article

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