Effects of malnutrition and cortisol administration on growth and physical development

Abstract

It was observed weekly the growth in terms of weight and length and the ages of appearance of some physical parameters in 4 experimental groups of rats: the offspring of mothers fed either a 20$ (N) or a 10% (M) protein diet during gestation either with a 0,9% NaC1 solution (S) or with a dose of 0,5 mg./100 g. body weight hidrocortisone acetate solution (C). Results show that the experimental treatments especially affect the ages of appearance of the physical parameters, which have a greater delay in the NC and MS groups than in the MC group.