Ossabaw Miniature Swine

Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation
posted on 07/18/2011

Miniature swine that are genetically predisposed to obesity. When fed an excess calorie diet they develop profound obesity and metabolic syndrome (pre-diabetes), which progresses to type 2 diabetes.

Suggested Uses

Exercise Physiology

Cholesterol Metabolism

Platelet Aggregation, Thrombosis

Coronary Collateral Development

Coronary Artery Pharmacology

Coronary Atherosclerosis

Percutaneous Catheter Interventions, Stents

Cardiac Arrhythmias

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Obesity and Adipokines

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Publication: Nutritional Model of Steatohepatitis and Metabolic Syndrome in the Ossabaw Miniature Swine

File Number: 11034

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Jeremy Schieler

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