Preprandial and postprandial concentrations of some metabolic hormones and performance in weaned piglets fed different diets

Nikolic, J.A.; Zivkovic, B.; Gluhovic, M.; Begovic, J.; Kostic, G.

Preprandial and postprandial concentrations of some metabolic hormones and performance in weaned piglets fed different diets

1993

Nikolic, J.A. (Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy - INEP, Beograd - Zemun (Yugoslavia)) | Zivkovic, B. | Gluhovic, M. | Begovic, J. | Kostic, G.

Serum concentrations of insulin, cortisol, insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) were determined before and after feeding weaned piglets fed different diets in two experiments carried out in winter and summer. In experiment 1 the standard diet (CP - 20.2) was replaced with an isocaloric ration containing slightly less crude protein (17.5; diet 2). Diet 3 (CP - 19.6) was isonitrogenous with diet 1 but more concentrated. In experiment 2 the fishmeal supplement in the standard diet was replaced by yeast meal.

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