Effects of Intrauterine Growth Retardation on Growth, Meat Quality and Muscle Fiber Composition of Pigs
Effects of Intrauterine Growth Retardation on Growth, Meat Quality and Muscle Fiber Composition of Pigs
Lili Zhang, Yuanxiao Wang, Yili Kong, Hussain Ahmad, Rui Yan, Li Dong, Jingfei Zhang and Tian Wang*
Fig. 1.
Muscle fiber type composition in the longissimus dorsi muscle of NBW and IUGR pigs at 160 days of age. NBW, normal birth weight; IUGR, intrauterine growth retardation; MyHC I, myosin heavy chain isoform I; MyHC IIa, myosin heavy chain isoform IIa; MyHC IIb, myosin heavy chain isoform IIb; MyHC IIx, myosin heavy chain isoform IIx. abDifferent letters show a significant difference between mean values (P<0.05).
Fig. 2.
PGC-1α mRNA level in the Longissimus dorsi muscle of NBW and IUGR pigs at 160 days of age. NBW, normal birth weight; IUGR, intrauterine growth retardation; PGC-1α, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha; mRNA, messenger RNA.
June 2018
Vol. 50, Iss. 3, Pages 799-1198
