Relationships of concentrations of endocrine factors at antemortem and postmortem periods to carcass weight and backfat thickness in pigs

Agriculture & Biology

• backfat 73%
• carcass weight 70%
• transforming growth factors 49%
• swine 42%
• somatomedins 32%
• growth factors 26%
• cortisol 25%
• prasterone 24%
• blood serum 22%
• epidermal growth factor 21%
• carcass characteristics 19%
• somatotropin 17%
• animal genetics 12%
• endocrinology 12%
• subcutaneous fat 11%
• barrows 11%
• insulin-like growth factor I 10%
• gilts 10%
• obesity 9%
• cell differentiation 9%
• radioimmunoassays 9%
• slaughter 8%
• nutrition 7%
• muscles 6%
• blood 5%
• assays 5%
• enzymes 4%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Swine 52%
• Weights and Measures 41%
• Transforming Growth Factors 39%
• Somatomedins 30%
• Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate 23%
• Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins 23%
• Epidermal Growth Factor 18%
• Hydrocortisone 16%
• cortisol 21-sulfate 15%
• Serum 12%
• Insulin-Like Growth Factor II 11%
• Endocrinology 11%
• Subcutaneous Fat 10%
• Insulin-Like Growth Factor I 9%
• Growth Hormone 8%
• Radioimmunoassay 8%
• Cell Differentiation 7%
• Hormones 6%
• Maintenance 6%
• Obesity 6%
• Muscles 5%
• Enzymes 5%
• Growth 4%
• Animals 4%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins 100%
• Insulin 32%
• Cortisol 30%
• Epidermal Growth Factor 20%
• Hormones 17%
• Sulfates 13%
• Endocrinology 11%
• Genetics 8%
• Nutrition 7%
• Assays 6%
• Oils and fats 6%
• Enzymes 6%
• Cells 5%
• Animals 5%
• Muscle 5%
• Blood 5%