By Baldwin, R. L. and Bruss, M. L. and Lean, I. J. and Troutt, H. F., Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 1992
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The effects of use of the growth hormone bovine somatotropin (GH) on dairy cattle production and the dairy industry are reviewed. Subject headings are as follows: structure and control; insulin-like growth factors; function; nutrient partitioning changes; diabetogenic action; effects on plasma lipid and free fatty acid concn., blood ketones, cholesterol, minerals, energy and protein balance, growth and mammary development, and body composition; increases in appetite, mammary perfusion, mammary efficiency and milk production with GH use; effects on milk composition, fertility and health, mastitis, mammary health, immune function, disease response, lameness, environmental stress, and growth and mammary development
The effects of use of the growth hormone bovine somatotropin (GH) on dairy cattle production and the dairy industry are reviewed. Subject headings are as follows: structure and control; insulin-like growth factors; function; nutrient partitioning changes; diabetogenic action; effects on plasma lipid and free fatty acid concn., blood ketones, cholesterol, minerals, energy and protein balance, growth and mammary development, and body composition; increases in appetite, mammary perfusion, mammary efficiency and milk production with GH use; effects on milk composition, fertility and health, mastitis, mammary health, immune function, disease response, lameness, environmental stress, and growth and mammary development
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