Table 6.
Mean percent type II fibers of selected muscles in several terrestrial mammal species. Methods used to quantify fiber-types are noted.
| % Type II Fibers | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal | Scalenes | Sternohyoid | Sternomastoid | Rectus Abdominis | Quantification Method | Reference |
| Dog | ||||||
| (Canis familiaris) | 62 | Count | Bracher et al., 1997 | |||
| Dog | ||||||
| (Canis familiaris) | 69 | 66 | 79 | 52 | Count | Armstrong et al., 1982 |
| Cat | ||||||
| (Felis catus) | 84.6 | Unreported | Dick and van Lunteren, 1990 | |||
| Cat | ||||||
| (Felis catus) | 91 | Count | Richmond et al., 1999 | |||
| Hamster | ||||||
| (Mesocricetus auratus) | 91 | 94 | Unreported | Mattson et al., 2002 | ||
| Rat | ||||||
| (Rattus norvegicus) | 95 | Count | Bracher et al., 1997 | |||
| Rat | ||||||
| (Rattus norvegicus) | 80 | Count | Hijikata et al., 1992 | |||
| Tufted Capuchun Monkey | ||||||
| (Cebus apella) | 73 | Unreported | Simionato et al., 2006 | |||
| Rhesus Monkey | ||||||
| (Macaca mulatta) | 71 | 77 | Count | Richmond et al., 2001 | ||
| Bull | ||||||
| (Bos taurus) | 68 | Area | Totland and Kryvi, 1991 | |||