Growth Performance and Enzyme Development in Weanling Pigs Injected with Dexamethasone

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 993-1000

  Gomez S ^a,b   Angeles, M L ^a   Cuaron J A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Enzymes; Growth; Weaner Pigs

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

AMYLASE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARBOHYDRASE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLYCOSIDASE; LACTASE; SUCRASE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INJECTION; MALE; METABOLISM; PANCREAS; PHYSIOLOGY; SWINE;

AGING; AMYLASES; ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EATING; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; INJECTIONS; LACTASE; MALE; PANCREAS; SUCRASE; SWINE;

EID: 0031114310     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1997.754993x     Document Type: Article

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