The use of the pig as an animal model to study problems associated with low birthweight.
Attention is drawn to some of the consequences associated with the postnatal development of low birthweight human infants and the use of the piglet as a model to study such problems. A description is given of the production and methods of rearing of these animals along with an outline of studies currently in progress.
D000818:Animals; D001724:Birth Weight; D002585:Cesarean Section; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000662:veterinary; D007185:Incubators; D011247:Pregnancy; D013552:Swine / Q000254:growth & development*; D013553:Swine Diseases