Effects of Insufficient Levels of Dietary Protein on IGF-I and IGFBPs in Young Chickens
The influence of varying dietary proteins levels from 0% to 18%, which is the level of dietary protein requirement, on plasma IGF-I concentration and tissue IGFBP-2 and -4 gene expression was examined. Body weight gain was gradually lowered by decreasing dietary protein levels from 18% to 4.5%, and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Japan Poultry Science Association
2010-07-01
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| Series: | The Journal of Poultry Science |
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jpsa/47/3/47_010031/_pdf/-char/en |