Table 5.

Glucose Uptake into Isolated Muscle Strips.^a

	HBCS (n = 10)	LBCS (n =7)	P value
Basal glucose uptake, pmol/min/mg
Soleus muscle	0.55 ± 0.07	0.43 ± 0.04	.20
Vastus muscle	0.24 ± 0.03	0.22 ± 0.03	.69
Gastrocnemius muscle	0.29 ± 0.07	0.25 ± 0.02	.57
Insulin stimulated glucose uptake, pmol/min/mg
Soleus muscle	1.01 ± 0.06	0.84 ± 0.07	~.08
Vastus muscle	0.61 ± 0.07	0.54 ± 0.08	.46
Gastrocnemius muscle	0.56 ± 0.05	0.44 ± 0.04	.11

^a Measurements on offspring of high body condition score (HBCS) and low body condition score (LBCS) ewes. Data are shown as the mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM), ~ P < .1.