Peripheral regulation of food intake in the domestic fowl

Four studies were performed to examine peripheral factors involved with food intake regulation in the domestic fowl. In the first study, the mechanism by which tryptophan depresses food intake was clarified. Intraperitoneal injections of tryptophan methyl ester were demonstrated to inhibit feeding i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lacy, Michael Pennington
Other Authors: Animal Science
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/52301