Biomedical Problems on Bovine Somatotropin Use in Milk Production

CONTENTS: General biological characteristics of bovine somatotropin (BST); Influence of BST on the metabolism of the whole animal and of specific organs; Long-term effects of administration of BST in dairy cattle; Influence of BST on the health, reproductive perform-ance and welfare of lactating dairy cows; Characteristics of the milk produced by BST-treated cows; Changes induced by BST treatments in the plasma and milk concentrations of somatotropin and somatomedins; Characteristics of the meat of BST-treated bovines; Biological and pharmacological manipulations alterna-tive to the use of BST; Final remarks on BST activity; Essential bibliography; Subject index.