Article
Pulsatility of plasma growth hormone and hepatic growth hormone receptor characteristics of broiler chickens divergently selected for abdominal fat content.
British poultry science - 1 Mar 1994
Buyse J, Vanderpooten A, Leclercq B, Berghman L R, Decuypere E
Abstract excerpt
1. Plasma growth hormone (GH) pulsatility and hepatic GH receptor characteristics were compared in experimental lines of meat-type chickens selected for high (HF) or low (LF) abdominal fat content. 2. Mean GH concentration, baseline and amplitude of pulses were slightly, but not significantly, gr...
Topics
- Abdomen
- Adipose Tissue
- Animals
- Body Composition
- Breeding
- Chickens
- Genotype
- Growth Hormone
- Liver
- Male
- Periodicity
- Receptors, Somatotropin
