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[Effects of GRF 1-29 in normal and hypotrophic lambs]
P Pastoureau1, B Barenton, M Blanchard
1Laboratoire de la Production ovine, I.N.R.A., Ceyrat, France.
Reproduction, Nutrition, Developpement
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Injections of hGRF rapidly stimulated GH secretion in lamb and this response was significantly higher in hypotrophic than in normal lambs. The treatment had an effect on body composition reducing the retention of lipids and the energy level and increasing calcium and phosphorus content. The results showed that GRF affected both metabolism and skeletal growth of ruminants, stimulating specially the production of Sm-C and proliferation of chondrocytes.