Article
Effects of gender and genotype on the response of growing pigs to exogenous administration of porcine growth hormone.
Journal of animal science - 1 Sept 1990
Campbell R G, Johnson R J, King R H, Taverner M R
Abstract excerpt
Sixty crossbred pigs (Large White x Landrace) were used in a 2 x 2 x 2 factorial experiment to investigate the effects of gender (intact males vs females) and strain (A vs B) on the response to exogenous porcine growth hormone (pGH) administration (0 [excipient-treated] vs .1 mg pGH.kg live weight-1.d-1). All pigs had ad libitum access to their diet; pGH was administered daily from 60 to 90 kg live weight. All...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Composition
- Body Weight
- Eating
- Female
- Genotype
- Growth Hormone
- Male
- Sex Characteristics
- Skin
- Swine
