The Control of fat and lean deposition /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Boorman, K. N., Buttery, P. J., Lindsay, D. B. (Derek Barber)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1992.
Subjects:
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