Effects of Transport Duration and Environmental Conditions in Winter or Summer on the Concentrations of Insulin-Like Growth Factors and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Proteins in the Plasma of Market-Weight Pigs

Effects of Transport Duration and Environmental Conditions in Winter or Summer on the Concentrations of Insulin-Like Growth Factors and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Proteins in the Plasma of Market-Weight Pigs

In previous work using market-weight pigs, we had demonstrated that insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and insulin-like growth factor binding proteins (IGFBPs) are regulated during shipment characterized by changing conditions of stress due to loading or unloading, transportation, lairage, and slaug...

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Main Authors: Elisa Wirthgen, Sébastien Goumon, Martin Kunze, Christina Walz, Marion Spitschak, Armin Tuchscherer, Jennifer Brown, Christine Höflich, Luigi Faucitano, Andreas Hoeflich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
animal welfare
stress hormones
insulin-like growth factor
pig shipment
metabolism
biomarker
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2018.00036/full

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