The involvement of IGFs and IGFBPs in mediating the effects of nutrition on the reproductive system in pasture-fed dairy cows and the requirement to improve assays for the determination of IGFs and IGFBPs in biological samples provided the stimulus for this thesis. The objectives of the studies were to validate a commercial ELISA to measure the concentrations of IGF-I in the plasma and milk samples from pasture-fed Holstein-Friesian dairy cows and investigate the variation in IGF-I and IGFBP-3 concentrations in blood and milk as well as investigate possible relationships between plasma concentrations of IGF-I and fertility.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/245380 |
| Creators | Obese, Frederick Yeboah |
| Source Sets | Australiasian Digital Theses Program |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
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