2006•Unpublished venueRequires access

Growth and Body Composition Changes in Pigs

C. T. Whittemore, I. Kyriazakis

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This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction General composition of the body Growth curves Lean and protein growth Changing the shape of the potential growth curve Fatty tissue and lipid growth The special case of early growth Weight loss by negative fat growth Compensatory or catch-up growth Change in size and shape Growth response to feed supply Hormonal manipulation of growth

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Key concepts: Compensatory growth (organ), Composition (language), Growth curve (statistics), Growth hormone, Lean tissue, Lean body mass, Biology, Body weight