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Title: Effects of recombinant human growth hormone in juvenile nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)
Authors: Kanui, Titus I.
Andersen, Øivind
Kimwele, Charles
Aulie, Arnfinn
Issue Date: 1990
Publisher: Elsevier
Citation: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology Volume 97, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 607–609
Abstract: 1. Recombinant human growth hormone (hGH) showed somatotropic activity in juvenile Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus). 2. Body weight of crocodiles receiving 3.25 μg hGH/g body weight twice a week was increased by 49% after five weeks of treatment, compared to 31% increase in controls. 3. Total length was increased by 15 and 5%, respectively, in the two groups. 4. Food conversion efficiency increased from 28% in the controls to 36% in the hormone injected animals. 5. Cessation of hormone treatment was followed by reduced appetite and decreasing body growth.
URI: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/030096299090135F
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