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Maternal treatment with somatotropin during early gestation affects basic events of myogenesis in pigs.
Cell and tissue research - 1 Dec 2001
Rehfeldt C, Kuhn G, Vanselow J, Fürbass R, Fiedler I, Nürnberg G, Clelland A K, Stickland N C, Ender K
Abstract excerpt
The effects of maternal treatment with somatotropin during early gestation on fetal muscle development were determined. Crossbred gilts received daily injections of either 3 ml of a placebo ( n=31) or of 6 mg porcine somatotropin ( n=31) from day (d) 10 to 27 of gestation and samples were collected from d 28 embryos, d 37 and 62 fetuses, and from neonates. Administration of somatotropin increased the total number...
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