Puberty comprises the transition from an immature juvenile to a mature adult state of the
reproductive system, ie the individual becomes capable of reproducing sexually for the first …

Endocrine factors regulate food intake and growth, two interlinked physiological processes
critical for the proper development of organisms. Somatic growth is mainly regulated by …

Compensatory growth (CG) is a period of accelerated growth that occurs following the
alleviation of growth-stunting conditions during which an organism can make up for lost …

In mammals, ghrelin is a non-amidated peptide hormone, existing in both acylated and non-
acylated forms, produced mainly from the X/A or ghrelin cells present in the mucosal layer of …

Feed restriction in fish and crustaceans is gaining interest due to its unusual acceleration of
growth after a feed deprivation period. This phenomenon, known as compensatory growth …

Ghrelin is 28‐amino‐acid peptide that was discovered from the rat and human stomach in
1999. Since the discovery of ghrelin, various functions of ghrelin, including growth hormone …

In the present study, the effects of dose dietary administration of mannan oligosaccharides
(MOS)(Bio‐Mos; Alltech Inc.) on growth, digestibility, liver morphology, lipid and …

Starvation periods are common for many animals, including fish, birds, and mammals. Many
fish species exhibit extraordinary resilience to prolonged starvation, but the reasons for that …

Optimization of food consumption and ultimately growth are major concerns for aquaculture.
In fish, food intake is regulated by several hormones produced by both brain and peripheral …

Knowledge about the endocrine regulation of energy balance in fish is of interest for basic
as well as aquaculture research. Ghrelin is a peptide hormone that was first identified in fish …