Differences in fibre population in dog muscles of different functional purpose.
Samples were taken from particular sites of the tibialis cranialis (extensor), flexor digitalis medialis (flexor) and pectineus (adductor) muscles of 27 dogs of different breeds--German shepherd, Spanish greyhound, Spanish mastiff and Iberian hound. Samples, which were taken from right and left limbs, were subjected to histochemical analysis using ATPase (pH 9.4, 4.6 and 4.2) and NADH-tr. Fibre population was assessed using an IBAS-2 Kontron image analyser.
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Departamento de Anatomía y Anatomía Patologia Comparadas, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Córdoba, España.
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Vazquez-Auton
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Monterde
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D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D004285:Dogs / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D006614:Hindlimb; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology