Metabolic and cardiovascular disorders in highly inbred lines for intensive pig farming: How animal welfare evaluation could improve the basic knowledge of human obesity

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-244

  Brambilla, Gianfranco ^a   Cantafora, Alfredo ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Cardiovascular diseases; Diabetes; Genetic selection; Obesity; Oxidative stress; Pig

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INBRED STRAIN; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIG FARMING; REVIEW; SWINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, INBRED STRAINS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; METABOLIC DISEASES; OBESITY; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 9444259813     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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