Article
Effects of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) infusion and dietary tri-iodothyronine (T3) supplementation on growth, body composition and plasma hormone levels in sex-linked dwarf mutant and normal chickens.
The Journal of endocrinology - 1 Apr 1992
Tixier-Boichard M, Huybrechts L M, Decuypere E, Kühn E R, Monvoisin J L, Coquerelle G, Charrier J, Simon J
Abstract excerpt
This study used a sex-linked dwarf mutant (SLD) chicken to evaluate growth-promoting and metabolic effects of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor-I (rhIGF-I) treatment. The SLD chicken is characterized by a 30% reduction in body weight and by high plasma GH levels, low plasma IGF-I and t...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Composition
- Body Weight
- Bone Development
- Cartilage
- Chickens
- Diet
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Dwarfism
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Growth
- Hormones
- Infusion Pumps