Does intrauterine crowding affect locomotor development? A comparative study of motor performance, neuromotor maturation and gait variability among piglets that differ in birth weight and vitality

• Charlotte Vanden Hole,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Applied Veterinary Morphology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Biomedical, Pharmaceutical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5341-6518

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• Peter Aerts,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Laboratory of Functional Morphology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium, Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

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• Sara Prims,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Applied Veterinary Morphology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Biomedical, Pharmaceutical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

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• Miriam Ayuso,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Applied Veterinary Morphology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Biomedical, Pharmaceutical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

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• Steven Van Cruchten,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Applied Veterinary Morphology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Biomedical, Pharmaceutical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

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• Chris Van Ginneken

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chris.vanginneken@uantwerpen.be

  Affiliation Laboratory of Applied Veterinary Morphology, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Biomedical, Pharmaceutical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium

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