DOMESTIC ANIMAL ENDOCRINOLOGY

Vol. 8(3):375-381,1991

NEUROENDOCRINE REGULATION OF GROWTH HORMONE SECRETION IN SHEEP II. EFFECT OF SOMATOSTATIN ON GROWTH HORMONE AND GLUCOSE LEVELS G.S.G. Spencer, J.J. Bass, S.C. Hodgkinson and P. Dobbie Growth Physiology, Ruakura Agricultural Centre, Private Bag, Hamilton, New Zealand Received September 14, 1990

ABSTRACT The effect of intravenous (iv) and intracercbroventricular (icy) administration of somatostatin on the plasma levels of growth hormone (GH) and glucose was studied in sheep. Intravenous somatostatin decreased (P