Plasma leptin levels in Murrah buffalo heifers fed diet with two different energy levels

Authors :: L. Zicarelli
N.A.T. Carvalho
D. Vecchio
P.S. Baruselli
A. Prandi
G. Campanile
R. Di Palo
Source :: Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol 4, Iss 2s, Pp 301-303 (2010)
Publication Year :: 2010
Publisher :: Taylor & Francis Group, 2010.
Abstract: The relationships between feed intake, growth and reproduction are of great interest in breed species in order to optimize the different steps of farm management. In the last years leptin has been proved to be involved in the regulation of the energy balance of human and several mammalian and avian species (Ingvartsen and Boisclair, 2001).

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