Metabolic modifiers: effects on the nutrient requirements of food-producing animals
Auteur :
National Research Council / Board on Agriculture / Subcommittee on Effects of Metabolic Modifiers on the Nutrient Requirements of Food-Producing Animals
Éditeur :
National Academies Press
ISBN :
9780309049979
Date de publication :
1 janv. 1994
Dimensions :
27,9 x 21,6 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Animal scientists have learned that administering recombinantly derived somatotropin to cows improves milk production and that giving beta-adrenergic agonists to meat animals improves productivity. This text reports on how these substances work in animals' metabolism, and what effects they might have on nutrient requirements of domestic livestock.