ABSTRACT
Part G hormone (IGF-1). Growth is other factors can be associated with small stature in domestic animals (e.g., gastrointestinal diseases, portosystemic shunt, glycogen storage diseases, renal and cardiovascular abnormalities, hydrocephalus, skeletal dysplasia, hypothyroidism, hypo-or hyperadrenocorticism, diabetes mellitus, and hypopituitarism). This chapter will be limited to a short discussion of the pathophysiologic effects of hypo-and hypersomatotropism.
