The objective of this study was to evaluate triticale
grain fed as a concentrate in the diet of high producing
dairy cows. A lactation study, in vitro dry matter
digestibilities and a preliminary physiological effects
trial were conducted to evaluate triticale and used to
make feeding recommendations.
In the lactation...
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...
Growth hormone binding protein (GHBP) may be an important
factor in the regulation of growth as well as an indirect,
less invasive way of predicting the status of growth hormone
receptors. Several factors (age, nutritional status, sex,
and glucocorticoid administration) have been reported to
influence circulating growth hormone (GH) levels,...
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...