Determining insulin sensitivity from glucose tolerance tests in Iberian and landrace pigs

As insulin sensitivity may help to explain divergences in growth and body composition between native and modern breeds, metabolic responses to glucose infusion were measured using an intra-arterial glucose tolerance test (IAGTT). Iberian (n = 4) and Landrace (n = 5) barrows (47.0 ± 1.2 kg body weigh...

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Main Authors: José Miguel Rodríguez-López, Manuel Lachica, Lucrecia González-Valero, Ignacio Fernández-Fígares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2021-03-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/11014.pdf