Endocrine response during compensatory growth in steers: The effect of dietary alteration on hepatic growth hormone receptor binding and gene expression

Two experiments were conducted to examine the interrelationship between endocrine status and compensatory growth in young growing steers. In these studies, compensatory growth was induced by providing dietary realimentation (REAL) to formerly restricted (REST) animals. In experiment 1, plasma levels of insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-2 were unchanged, whereas IGF-1, insulin, thyroxine (T...