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  • Title: Age and exercise effects on mitochondrial density and capillary fibre ratio in bird leg muscle.
    Author: Brackenbury JH, Holloway SA.
    Journal: Br Poult Sci; 1991 Jul; 32(3):645-53. PubMed ID: 1893272.
    Abstract:
    1. Muscle fibre composition, capillary-fibre ratio and mitochondrial density of the Iliotibialis lateralis muscle were monitored during growth from the age of 8 weeks to sexual maturity (24 weeks) in sedentary birds and in birds subjected to regular treadmill exercise. 2. The Iliotibialis lateralis muscle consists almost exclusively of type IIA and IIB fibres with a small percentage of "unclassified" fibres. Over the 16-week period of growth there was no change in fibre composition but a marked fibre hypertrophy linked with a fall in the capillary-fibre ratio. Mitochondrial volume density increased with age but this was not significant. 3. Exercise significantly increased the IIA:IIB fibres ratio from 0.77 to 1.1 but had no significant effect on any other measured characteristics. 4. It is concluded that exercise at the intensity and duration employed (10-15 min daily, ca. 70-80% maximum oxygen consumption) has little effect on the growth and development of avian skeletal muscle although there was evidence of an increased oxidative capacity of the muscle.
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