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Hormonal regulation of farm animal growth /

This book describes the cellular and molecular mechanisms that are involved in the regulation of cell and tissue growth, including development and body composition. The emphasis is placed on circulating hormones, local growth factors and gene transcription factors, which regulate growth and differen...

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Main Author: Hossner, K. L. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2005.
Subjects:
Hormones.
Livestock > Growth > Regulation.
Growth regulators.
Meat Producing Animals.
Animal Husbandry and Production, (New March 2000)
Animal Genetics and Breeding, (New March 2000)
Animal Nutrition (General)
Animal Physiology and Biochemistry (Excluding Nutrition)
Animals.
Adipose tissue.
Animal nutrition.
Appetite.
Biochemistry.
Body composition.
Bones.
Catecholamines.
Cell cycle.
Cells.
Cellular biology.
Development.
Differentiation.
Endocrinology.
Genetically engineered organisms.
Growth.
Growth factors.
Leptin.
Livestock.
Molecular biology.
Muscles.
Nutrients.
Regulation.
Steroids.
Tissues.
Transcription factors.
Transgenic animals.
Electronic books.
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