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In the past decade, animal scientists have learned that administering recombinantly derived somatotropin (growth hormone) to cows improves milk production and that giving beta-adrenergic agonists to meat animals improves productivity and leanness. In order for these metabolic modifiers to yield benefits, however, sound management of the animals' nutrition is necessary. This volume reports on how these substances work in the animals' metabolism, what effects they might have on nutrient requirements of domestic livestock, and what information should be developed further by investigators. The book explores the current understanding of the biology, structure, mechanisms of action, and treatment effects of somatotropin, beta-adrenergic agonists, and anabolic steroids. A companion volume to the Nutrient Requirements of Domestic Animals series, this authoritative volume will be required reading for animal scientists, researchers, veterinarians, livestock farmers, and faculty and students in university animal veterinary science programs.

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Book category Books in English Technology, engineering, agriculture Agriculture & farming Animal husbandry

• Full title: Metabolic Modifiers
• Subtitle: Effects on the Nutrient Requirements of Food-Producing Animals
• Author: Subcommittee on Effects of Metabolic Modifiers on the Nutrient Requirements of Food-Producing Animals, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96
• EAN: 9780309049979
• ISBN: 0309049970
• ID: 04576262
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Weight: 290 g
• Dimensions: 279 × 216 × 7 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. January 1994

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