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Physiology, biochemistry and neurobiology

Compensatory growth of broiler chickens is associated with an enhanced pulsatile growth hormone (GH) secretion: Preferential amplification of GH secretory burst mass

J. Buyse Laboratory of Physiology and Immunology of Domestic Animals, Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, K.U. Leuven, Kardinaal Mercierlaan 92, Heverlee, 3001, Belgium
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E. Decuypere Laboratory of Physiology and Immunology of Domestic Animals, Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences, K.U. Leuven, Kardinaal Mercierlaan 92, Heverlee, 3001, Belgium
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J. D. Veldhuis Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
Pages 291-296 | Accepted 30 Oct 1996, Published online: 08 Nov 2007

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