Abstract:Minipigs are a group of small-sized swine lines, which show a broad range of phenotype variation and which often tend to be obese. the SLA dd (DD) minipig line was created by the niH and selected as homozygous at the SLA locus. It was brought to France more than 30 years ago and maintained inbred ever since. in this report, we characterized the physiological status of a herd of french DD pigs by measuring intermediate phenotypes from blood and faeces and by using Large White (LW) pigs as controls. three datase… Show more
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