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Assessment of factors regulating growth hormone binding in pigs

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Mullins, Tracy M.

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These studies were conducted to examine the influence of several variables on the growth hormone binding protein (GHBP) in serum of pigs. Continuous long term porcine somatotropin (pST) injections (daily for 6-7 wk) increased GHBP activity (p < .05). However, periodic short term pST injections (daily, every second d or...

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Masters Thesis

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and Etherton, 1986; Zanelli et al., 1989). Levels of GHBP have been studied in some of these
Interaction between the immune and endocrine systems in ruminant animals

Creator:

Khosraviani, Mehraban

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Dissertation

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Philosophy in Animal Science presented on August 10, 1994. Title: Interaction Between the Immune and
Interactions between the immune system, stress and thymulin

Creator:

Christian, Richard L., (Richard Leroy), 1971-

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This study was conducted to determine the effects of shipping stress on the immune system in domestic lambs (Ovis aries) and to determine the potential of the thymic peptide, thymulin, to reduce those effects of stress on the immune system. Treatments consisted of no shipping (as unstressed controls), shipping (as...

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Masters Thesis

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Richard L. Christian for the degree of Master of Science in Animal