The roles of the insulin-like growth factor system and leptin as possible mediators of the effects of nutritional restriction on age at puberty and compensatory growth in dairy heifers

South African Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-163

  Luna Pinto, G ^a,b   Cronje P B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Compensatory growth; Heifers; IGF; Leptin; Puberty; Ruminant nutrition

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; FRIESIA;

EID: 0034358822     PISSN: 03751589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/sajas.v30i2.3865     Document Type: Article

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