Control and Manipulation of Animal Growth. Proceedings of Previous Easter Schools in Agricultural Science

Content: 
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE, Page v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Page vii
INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS, Pages 1-4
2 - ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, Pages 5-20
3 - GUT-ACTIVE GROWTH PROMOTERS, Pages 21-37
4 - THE EFFECTS OF STEROID HORMONES AND XENOBIOTICS ON GROWTH OF FARM ANIMALS, Pages 39-51
5 - THE GROWTH OF BONE, Pages 53-65
6 - THE GROWTH AND METABOLISM OF ADIPOCYTES, Pages 67-83
7 - THE REGULATION OF FETAL GROWTH, Pages 85-104
8 - THE NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF GROWTH, Pages 105-118
9 - EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR: ORIGINS, CELLULAR ACTIONS AND SOME POSSIBLE PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLES, Pages 119-134
10 - GROWTH HORMONE AND GROWTH IN MEAT PRODUCING ANIMALS, Pages 135-159
11 - THE ROLE OF PROSTAGLANDINS IN THE CONTROL OF MUSCLE PROTEIN TURNOVER, Pages 161-185
12 - INSULIN AND GROWTH, Pages 187-206
13 - GLUCOCORTICOID STATUS AND GROWTH, Pages 207-222
14 - HORMONAL REGULATION OF GROWTH IN CHICKENS, Pages 223-230
15 - METABOLIC AND HORMONAL INTERACTIONS AND THEIR POTENTIAL EFFECTS ON GROWTH, Pages 231-248
16 - EFFECTS OF β-ADRENERGIC AGONISTS ON METABOLISM AND BODY COMPOSITION, Pages 249-257
17 - GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR (GRF): PHYSIOLOGICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL STUDIES, Pages 259-277
18 - HORMONAL MANIPULATION OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION BY IMMUNONEUTRALIZATION, Pages 279-291
19 - RECOMBINANT GENE TRANSFER IN ANIMALS: THE POTENTIAL FOR IMPROVING GROWTH IN LIVESTOCK, Pages 293-313
20 - SAFETY ASPECTS OF GROWTH MANIPULATION IN ANIMALS, Pages 315-330
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS, Pages 331-338
INDEX, Pages 339-347