Hormonal regulation of farm animal growth /

• 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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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...

Table of Contents:

• Whole Animal Growth
• Cellular and Molecular Biology
• The Endocrine System
• Development of Muscle, Skeletal System and Adipose Tissue
• Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors
• Calcium Homeostasis and Regulation of Bone Growth
• Hormones, Growth Factors and Skeletal Muscle
• Hormones, Growth Factors and Adipose Tissue
• Steroids and Animal Growth
• Catecholamines, Beta-agonists and Nutrient Repartitioning
• Leptin, Body Composition and Appetite Control.