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Animal Growth Regulation

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Dennis R. Campion

    1. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Peoria, USA

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  2. Gary J. Hausman

    1. Agricultural Research Service, Richard B. Russell Agricultural Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Athens, USA

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  3. Roy J. Martin

    1. University of Georgia, Athens, USA

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Placental Regulation of Fetal Growth

    • C. L. Ferrell
    Pages 1-19

  3. Endocrinology of Bone Formation

    • E. Martin Spencer
    Pages 21-47

  4. Endocrine Regulation of Adipogenesis

    • G. J. Hausman, D. E. Jewell, E. J. Hentges
    Pages 49-68

  5. Autocrine, Paracrine, and Endocrine Regulation of Myogenesis

    • William R. Dayton, Marcia R. Hathaway
    Pages 69-90

  6. The Expression of Protooncogenes in Skeletal Muscle

    • Jeffrey D. Turner, Jan Novakofski, Peter J. Bechtel
    Pages 91-101

  7. Regulation of Myofibrillar Protein Gene Expression

    • Holly E. Richter, Ronald R. Young, Debra M. Moriarity
    Pages 103-122

  8. Regulation of Growth by Negative Growth Regulators

    • Dennis R. Campion, William Kelly Jones Jr.
    Pages 123-140

  9. Skeletal Muscle Proteases and Protein Turnover

    • Darrel E. Goll, William C. Kleese, Adam Szpacenko
    Pages 141-183

  10. Regulation of Protein Turnover

    • Peter J. Reeds
    Pages 183-210

  11. Energy Balance Regulation

    • Roy J. Martin, J. Lee Beverly, Gary E. Truett
    Pages 211-235

  12. Central Regulation of Growth Hormone Secretion

    • William J. Millard
    Pages 237-255

  13. Mechanisms of Action for Somatotropin in Growth

    • R. Dean Boyd, Dale E. Bauman
    Pages 257-293

  14. Regulation of Somatomedin Production, Release, and Mechanism of Action

    • Norman C. Steele, Theodore H. Elsasser
    Pages 295-315

  15. Sexual Differentiation and the Growth Process

    • J. Joe Ford, John Klindt
    Pages 317-336

  16. Potential Mechanisms for Repartitioning of Growth by β-Adrenergic Agonists

    • H. J. Mersmann
    Pages 337-357

  17. Gene Transfer for Enhanced Growth of Livestock

    • Vernon G. Pursel, Caird E. Rexroad Jr., Douglas J. Rolt
    Pages 359-375

  18. Status of Current Strategies for Growth Regulation

    • D. H. Beermann
    Pages 377-400

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 401-405
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The biotechnological advances of recent years have put us on the brink of unprecedented gains in animal productivity. Manipulation of animal growth rate and composition of gain is now possible by a variety of techniques. Ex­ amples include ingestion of beta-adrenergic agonists, injection of somatotropin, castration, immunization, and gene insertion. Animal Growth Regulation ad­ dresses modem concepts of growth regulation with an emphasis on agricul­ turally important animals. This emphasis is not exclusive, as many situations exist in which the only information available was generated in other species, and this information has been included for the sake of clarity and completeness. However, because of the overall orientation of this volume, particular attention has been given to the regulation of skeletal muscle, adipose tissue, and bone growth. Certain hormones and growth factors have a profound influence on growth regulation and this basic physiological knowledge is being harnessed to maniplilate growth. Thus, considerable emphasis has been given to growth hor­ mone-somatomedinlinsulinlike growth factor regulation of cell and tissue growth. The involvement of peptides coded by protooncogenes and of negative growth regulators, such as transforming growth factor-l3, represents an emerging area of molecular biology wherein basic knowledge offers potential exploitation for growth manipulation. Opportunities also exist for regulation of protein turn­ over, especially from the standpoint of protein degradation. Therefore, a place was reserved for these topics in order to provide relevant basic knowledge.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Peoria, USA

    Dennis R. Campion

  • Agricultural Research Service, Richard B. Russell Agricultural Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture, Athens, USA

    Gary J. Hausman

  • University of Georgia, Athens, USA

    Roy J. Martin

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