Influence of recombinant bovine growth hormone on growth and feed intake in juvenile Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)
Date
1993-10Author
Kanui, Titus I
Kimwele, Charles N
Aulie, Arnfinn
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ArticleLanguage
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1. Slow-growing juvenile Nile crocodiles were injected with recombinant bovine growth hormone (rbGH) once a week for 6 weeks and then re-treated after 4 weeks.
2. The feed intake of the treated crocodiles was 26 g/kg/meal during the three periods, while the intakes of the controls were 15, 20 and 2 g/kg.
3. The treated gained 2.3 and 0.9%/week in weight during the first and second injection period and the feed conversion efficiencies were 28 and 13%. The controls lost weight.
4. The treated animals grew at rates of 0.98 and 0.43%/week during the first and the second injection period.
5. Bovine GH enhances growth in juvenile crocodiles and seems to have less adverse effects than human GH.
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/030096299390529Dhttp://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/42787
Citation
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology Volume 106, Issue 2, October 1993, Pages 381–384Publisher
University of Nairobi Department of Animal Physiology