Does intrauterine crowding affect the force generating capacity and muscle composition of the piglet front limb?

In the pig, intrauterine competition (IUC) greatly affects postnatal traits, such as birth weight, but also locomotor capacities. In a previous study, our group discovered a lower motor performance in piglets with a low birth weight and low vitality (L piglets), compared to piglets with a normal bir...

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Hauptverfasser: Charlotte Vanden Hole, Chris Van Ginneken, Sara Prims, Miriam Ayuso, Steven Van Cruchten, Peter Aerts
Format: Artikel
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Schriftenreihe:PLoS ONE
Online Zugang:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223851