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Comparison of the histology of the skin of the Windsnyer, Kolbroek and Large White pigs

The skin is a protective barrier, and an endocrine, sensory and thermoregulatory organ. We investigated whether the skin of local pigs had beneficial anatomical traits compared to exotic pigs to withstand the increased heat loads predicted under future climate change scenarios. Full-thickness skin s...

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Autores principales: Moyo, Davison, Gomes, Monica, Erlwanger, Kennedy H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6191761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30326713
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/jsava.v89i0.1569