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Capromorelin, a ghrelin receptor agonist, increases feed intake and body weight gain in broiler chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus)

Ghrelin is a hormone that induces orexigenic effects in mammals. However, in avian species, there is scant and conflictive results on the effect of ghrelin on feed intake (FI). Therefore, we evaluated the effect of a ghrelin receptor agonist (capromorelin) on FI, ADG, water intake (WI), animal behav...

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Autores principales: Ceron-Romero, N., Taofeek, N., Thomas, A., Vroonland, E., Sanmartin, K., Verghese, M., Heinen, E., Vizcarra, J.A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8250453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34182219
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2021.101204