The Control of fat and lean deposition /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; Boston :
Butterworth-Heinemann,
1992.
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Table of Contents:
- Hormonal regulation of muscle protein synthesis and degradation
- Muscle cell growth
- Control of lipogenesis and liposysis
- Bone growth
- Foetal growth and its influence on postnatal growth and development
- Neurophysiological regulation of growth and growth hormone secretion
- Molecular control of IGF gene expression
- Nutritional control of the growth hormone axis
- Metabolic effects of gut peptides
- Control of fat and lean deposition in forage fed cattle
- Control of lean and fat deposition in birds
- Recent developments in the use of exogenously administered peptides and polypeptides to influence animal growth
- Use of non-peptide hormones and analogues to manipulate animal performance
- Control of fat and lean deposition by the immune system
- Genetic manipulation of animals with special reference to expression of growth hormone and growth releasing hormone gene constructs
- Influence of the manipulation of carcass composition on meat quality