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From: Intertwining of the IGF system and animal welfare

Fig. 3

Effects of the husbandry system on cortisol and IGF bioactivity. In differentially housed sows, cortisol concentrations were measured (A) in serum (n = 9–10) and (B) in saliva, for which values were normalized to protein content to account for the varying water content (n = 9–10). (C) Normalized IGF-dependent bioactivity was determined based on recombinant human IGF1 standards as reference (n = 20). Statistical comparisons are based on estimated marginal means. Brackets indicate statistically significant differences with the corresponding p-values shown above.

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