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Since the onset of the modern era of biotechnology, scientists have made impressive strides in developing new agricultural biotechnologies. Biotechnologies that enhance productivity and productive efficiency1 have been developed and approved for commercial use. Technologies that improve productive efficiency will benefit both producers and consumers because feed constitutes a major component (approximately 70%) of farm expenditures. New approaches by which animals may be a source of both biopharmaceuticals for human medicine and organs for transplant (xenotransplantation) also are under development. Read the rest of this overview…

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An excellent bST fact sheet that presents important questions about rbST. Read the full text…

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An excellent overview of rbST with links to detailed information about the history of the rbST biology and how it is produced. There are links at this site that provide important information about human health, animal health, as well as economic and farm benefits. Read the full text of this overview…

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Impressive progress has been made during the past 15 years in our understanding of the biology of somatotropin (ST) in domestic animals.

In part, this progress was sparked by advances in biotechnology that made feasible the production of large quantities of recombinant bovine ST (bST) and porcine ST (pST). The availability of recombinant bST and pST resulted in an exponential increase in investigations that explored their role in growth and lactation biology, as well as evaluated their potential for commercial use. Collectively, these studies established that administration of bST to lactating dairy cows increased milk yield, and treatment of growing pigs with pST markedly stimulated muscle growth and reduced fat deposition. In addition to these ‘‘efficacy’’ studies, a substantial number of investigations examined the mechanisms by which ST affects lactation and growth of domestic animals. This review summarizes the diverse physiological effects ST has on growth and lactation and discusses the underlying mechanisms that mediate these effects in domestic animals. Read the rest of this publication…

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Since the onset of the modern era of biotechnology, scientists have made impressive strides in developing new agricultural biotechnologies. Biotechnologies that enhance productivity and productive efficiency1 have been developed and approved for commercial use. Technologies that improve productive efficiency will benefit both producers and consumers because feed constitutes a major component (approximately 70%) of farm expenditures. New approaches by which animals may be a source of both biopharmaceuticals for human medicine and organs for transplant (xenotransplantation) also are under development. Read the rest of this overview…

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American Council on Science and Health, New York, NY, 1994
As the world’s population grows, the National Research Council 1 estimates that the supply of food required to adequately meet human nutritional needs over the next 40 years will be equal to the amount of food previously produced throughout the entire history of humankind. To meet this demand, animal scientists must develop new technologies to increase productive efficiency (that is, the yield of milk or meat per unit of feed), produce leaner animals and provide increased economic return on investment to producers. During the past decade, scientists have developed many new agricultural biotechnologies that meet these goals. Their adoption will have many positive effects on food production, processing and availability. Read the full text of this article…

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Impressive progress has been made during the past 15 years in our understanding of the biology of somatotropin (ST) in domestic animals.

In part, this progress was sparked by advances in biotechnology that made feasible the production of large quantities of recombinant bovine ST (bST) and porcine ST (pST). The availability of recombinant bST and pST resulted in an exponential increase in investigations that explored their role in growth and lactation biology, as well as evaluated their potential for commercial use. Collectively, these studies established that administration of bST to lactating dairy cows increased milk yield, and treatment of growing pigs with pST markedly stimulated muscle growth and reduced fat deposition. In addition to these ‘‘efficacy’’ studies, a substantial number of investigations examined the mechanisms by which ST affects lactation and growth of domestic animals. This review summarizes the diverse physiological effects ST has on growth and lactation and discusses the underlying mechanisms that mediate these effects in domestic animals. Read the rest of this publication…

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Since the onset of the modern era of biotechnology, scientists have made impressive strides in developing new agricultural biotechnologies. Biotechnologies that enhance productivity and productive efficiency1 have been developed and approved for commercial use. Technologies that improve productive efficiency will benefit both producers and consumers because feed constitutes a major component (approximately 70%) of farm expenditures. New approaches by which animals may be a source of both biopharmaceuticals for human medicine and organs for transplant (xenotransplantation) also are under development. Read the rest of this overview…

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An excellent bST fact sheet that presents important questions about rbST. Read the full text…

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