Effects of Growth Hormone and Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I on Milk Protein Gene Expression and Nutrient Uptake and Cell Proliferation in Clonal Bovine Mammary Epithelial Cells
The overall objective of this research was to further understand the mechanism by which growth hormone (GH) stimulates milk production in cattle. Three studies were conducted toward this objective. In the first study, the effects of GH and insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), a major mediator of GH...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28940 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09112007-154931/ |