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A Dictionary of Zoology somatotropin See GROWTH HORMONE . Read more

bovine somatotropin
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition bovine somatotropin(BST) The natural growth hormone of cattle; biosynthetic BST is used in some dairy herds to increase milk production (approved for use in the USA in 1993, prohibited in the EU). Read more

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	Somatotropin treatment reduces energy intake without altering protein intake in pigs selecting between high and low protein diets Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 10/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; Somatotropin Treatment Reduces Energy Intake without Altering Protein...ABSTRACT The current experiment examined the effect of somatotropin (STH) on feed intake and diet selection in pigs selecting...received daily, subcutaneous injections of porcine somatotropin (0 or 4 mg/d). A 6-d withdrawal period ... Read more
	What's the fuss about cow hormones? (bovine somatotropin; includes related article) Magazine article from: Consumers' Research Magazine; 5/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...recent federal approval of use of bovine somatotropin in dairy herds, consumers have been...technology. Genetically-engineered bovine somatotropin is not an artificial drug --as it has...addresses the major questions about bovine somatotropin and puts its use in perspective... Read more
	Bovine Somatotropin Increases Hepatic Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase mRNA in Lactating Dairy Cows,[dagger] Magazine article from: Journal of Dairy Science; 5/1/2004; ; 700+ words* ; ABSTRACT Somatotropin (ST) increases milk production and...transcription of the PEPCK gene. (Key words: somatotropin, PEPCK, liver, gene) Abbreviation...PUN = plasma urea nitrogen, ST = somatotropin. INTRODUCTION Administration of... Read more
	CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING BOVINE SOMATOTROPIN CONTINUES Magazine article from: Industrial Environment; 8/1/1995; 224 words ; Bovine somatotropin continues to be an item in the biotechnology...community, have come down against the use of somatotropin for one reason or another. In Canada, approval for use of recombinant somatotropin by the Bureau of Veterinary Products... Read more
	Somatotropin-induced amino acid conservation in pigs involves differential regulation of liver and gut urea cycle enzyme activity Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; Nutrient Metabolism Somatotropin-Induced Amino Acid Conservation...Cycle Enzyme Activity'2 ABSTRACT Somatotropin (ST) treatment promotes animal...132: 59-67, 2002. KEY WORDS: * somatotropin * urea cycle * protein metabolism... Read more
	Responses of Holstein cows to a low dose of somatotropin (bST) prepartum and postpartum1 Magazine article from: Journal of Dairy Science; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...the effects of a low dose of bovine somatotropin (bST) injected prepartum and postpartum...milk yield (MY) in cows as well as somatotropin insulin, insulin-like growth factor...no cows received bST. During yr 1, somatotropin, IGF-I, insulin, NEFA, and glucose... Read more
	Somatotropin regulates adipose tissue metabolism in neonatal swine Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; Somatotropin Regulates Adipose Tissue Metabolism in Neonatal Swine1'2'3 ABSTRACT Somatotropin (ST) reduces lipid deposition in growing and adult...WORDS: lipogenesis lipolysis . lipoprotein lipase somatotropin swine Neonatal growth is generally believed to be... Read more
	Low Doses of Bovine Somatotropin During the Transition Period and Early Lactation Improves Milk Yield, Efficiency of Production, and Other Physiological Responses of Holstein Cows* Magazine article from: Journal of Dairy Science; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...determine whether low doses of bovine somatotropin (bST) during the transition period...positive changes in concentrations of somatotropin, insulin, insulin-like growth factor...the bST group. Mean concentrations of somatotropin, IGF-I, and insulin differed during... Read more
	Recombinant bovine somatotropin decreases hepatic amino acid catabolism in female rats Magazine article from: The Journal of Nutrition; 6/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ABSTRACT The effect of recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST) on hepatic amino acid catabolism...1996. INDEXING KEY WORDS: rats somatotropin lysine methionine * valine Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin Decreases Hepatic Amino Acid Catabolism... Read more
	Effects of Bovine Somatotropin on [beta]-Casein mRNA Levels in Mammary Tissue of Lactating Cows Magazine article from: Journal of Dairy Science; 8/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ABSTRACT Bovine somatotropin (bST) increases milk production...growth hormone (GH), also known as somatotropin (bST), is a potent galactopoietic...is believed that the effect of somatotropin on the mammary gland is indirectly... Read more

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	Use of Somatotropin in Livestock Production. Magazine article from: Food Trade Review; 2/1/1990
	Monsanto and University of California resolve dispute over technology used to produce bovine somatotropin for dairy cows. Newspaper article from: BIOTECH Patent News; 2/1/2006
	BST in milk and meat. (bovine somatotropin) Magazine article from: FDA Consumer; 11/1/1990

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