PLASMA INSULIN AND IGF-1 AND HEPATIC ACTIVITY IN SAANEN GOAT KIDS, AROUND WEANING
Weaning is a crucial event in the life of young ruminants. At weaning ruminal and digestive activity are still incomplete, so weaning may coincide with a period of growth stasis. Since insulin and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) can play a fundamental role in post-natal development, the aim of...
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Language: | English |
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Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
2009-02-01
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Series: | Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems |
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Online Access: | http://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/77 |