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Effects of feeding level and sex on nitrogen retention and serum insulin-like factor 1 in growing pigs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2017

J.A. Taylor ,
D.N. Salter ,
W.H. Close ,
G.H. Laswai  and
A. Hudson
J.A. Taylor
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Grassland & Environmental Research, Church Lane, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AQ, Berks
D.N. Salter
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Grassland & Environmental Research, Church Lane, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AQ, Berks
W.H. Close
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Grassland & Environmental Research, Church Lane, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AQ, Berks
G.H. Laswai
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Grassland & Environmental Research, Church Lane, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AQ, Berks
A. Hudson
Affiliation:
AFRC Institute of Grassland & Environmental Research, Church Lane, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AQ, Berks
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Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) stimulates many anabolic processes within the body. In entire animals, release of IGF-1 has been shown to be regulated by nutritional status (e.g. starvation/re-feeding) and in reproductive tissues by gonadotropins and steroid hormones (Phillips et al., 1990). To investigate this further the relation between serum IGF-1 and N retention has been studied in entire and castrated pigs at different planes of nutrition and stages of growth.

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Pig nutrition
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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1991 , March 1991 , pp. 37
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1991

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Phillips, L.S., Harp, J.B., Goldstein, S., Klein, J. and Pao, C.-I. (1990) Proceedings of the Nutrition Society (in press).Google Scholar
Taylor, J.A., Salter, D.N., Close, W.H., Laswai, G.H. and Hudson, A. (1990) Proceedings of the Nutrition Society (in press).Google Scholar