Hormonal regulation of farm animal growth
This book describes the cellular and molecular mechanisms that are involved with the regulation of cell and tissue growth, including development and body composition. The emphasis is on circulating hormones, local growth factors and gene transcription fctors which regulate growth and differentiation...
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Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK :
CABI Publishing ,
c2005
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| Online Access: | https://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/FullTextPDF/2005/20053173601.pdf |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Whole animal growth
- 2. Cellular and molecular biology
- 3. The endocrine system
- 4. Development of muscle, skeletal system and adipose tissues
- 5. Growth hormone and insulin-like growth factors
- 6. Calcium homeostasis and regulation of bonegrowth
- 7. Hormones, growth factors and skeletal muscle
- 8. Hormones, growth factors and adipose tissue
- 9. Steroids and animal growth
- 10. Catecholamines, beta-agonists and nutrient repartitioning
- 11. Leptin, body composition and appetite control