Evidence that growth hormone-induced elevation in routine metabolism of juvenile Atlantic salmon is a result of increased spontaneous activity |
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| Authors: | N A Herbert JD Armstrong B Th Björnsson |
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| Institution: | Fisheries Research Services Freshwater Laboratory, Pitlochry, Perthshire, PH16 5LB, U.K.;Fish Endocrinology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Göteborg University, Box 463, S-40530 Göteborg, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | Growth hormone (GH) significantly increased the growth in mass and length of Atlantic salmon parr. It also significantly increased routine oxygen consumption ( M O2). This change in routine M O2 could be attributed to an increase in activity, but not resting M O2. Any elevation in resting M O2 due to GH treatment is much lower than previously suggested. |
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| Keywords: | GH respirometry oxygen consumption metabolism activity parr |
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