The Effects of Experimental Corticosterone on Nestling Growth and Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 in the Collared Flycatcher

Abstract

The objective of this thesis was to determine if an experimental elevation of plasma corticosterone would negatively affect the growth and the plasma IGF-1 level and in collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis) nestlings. For the determination of IGF-1 concentrations, we used an in-house enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay