Nutritional Regulation of Serum Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Concentration in Cattle

The overall objective of this dissertation research was to understand the mechanisms by which serum insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) is regulated by nutritional intake in cattle. Two studies were conducted to achieve this objective. In the first study, effects of feeding levels on basal and grow...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wu, Miaozong
Other Authors: Animal and Poultry Sciences
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28977
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09142007-104105/